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Welcome to the April 2013 edition of Bolivia Climate Change Monthly where you will find the latest research, policy and news related to climate change in Bolivia*.

Accessing adaptation: Multiple stressors on livelihoods in the Bolivian highlands under a changing climate by Julia McDowell and Jeremy Hess, published in Global Environmental Change.

Current state of knowledge regarding South America wetlands and their future under global climate change by Wolfgang Junk, published in Aquatic Sciences.

An International Network on Climate Change Impacts on Small Farmers in the Tropical Andes – Global Conventions from a Local Perspective by Andre Linder, published in Sustainable Agriculture Research. Read More »

Many people in Latin America live in poor quality housing or in no housing at all. According to an Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) report entitled Room for Development: Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, over two thirds of households in Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala lack adequate housing. The IADB has developed a very informative infographic to illustrate these and other country differences in the region:  Read More »