Latin America and the Caribbean Community

Ecuador declares 60-day state of emergency to help battle wildfires

Original source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/18/ecuador-declares-60-day-state…

Ecuador has declared a 60-day state of emergency as the South American country has been hit by a severe drought and record wildfires that have razed large swaths of territory over the past weeks.

The Ecuadorian Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR), the country’s emergency management agency, said in a statement on Monday that the state of emergency was declared “due to forest fires, water deficit and drought”.

I personally think that, forest fires, water deficit, and drought, are highly interrelated with each other. This actually calls for a more interdisciplinary and cross-ministry perspective to approach drought related disaster risk reduction.

Que significa Artículo 8(J) para las comunidades en Latino América y el Caribe!?
https://www.sirgecoalition.org/statements/understanding-the-significanc…

THE CONCEPTS: Mientras que una ola de calor (heat waves) es un calor excesivo, una sequía (drought) es escasez de agua. Una sequía suele comenzar con un déficit de precipitaciones (meteorological drought) durante un período prolongado, lo que provoca una reducción de la humedad del suelo (soil moisture or soil water), así como escasez de agua (water scarcity) en arroyos, canales, ríos, embalses y aguas subterráneas.