The Pampas in Argentina and Chaco in Paraguay constitute one of South America's most important global grain suppliers.
Angola's civil war caused a massive movement of people from rural conflict areas to settlements in places vulnerable to climate extremes - low-lying coastal zones, floodplains, and steep ravines.
The Paraná River Delta in Argentina is considered to be highly vulnerable to climate change.
This grant will allow Development Workshop (DW) to document the environmental burden in urban areas of Angola, and analyse the differences in poverty and vulnerability between the capital (Luanda) and selected second- and third-tier cities.
Poor urban communities in most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have serious deficiencies in water and sanitation provision.
According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), an estimated 7% of urban Latin Americans lack access to clean water and another 13%, to sanitation services.
The Mapuche are an indigenous people settled in what is today southwestern Argentina and southern Chile. The two countries have declared protected areas on part of their territory, with limited input from the Mapuche themselves.