Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
585 million hectares will need to be reforested to limit warming to 1.5 °C (WRI, 2019).
48% and 50% are the high and very high degradation levels in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica regions in LAC, respectively.
59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
.5% of the employed population in Mexico in 2011 represented jobs related to the environmental sector, estimating 1.8 million direct jobs (CEPAL, 2017).
430% was the growth of the average number of ISO 14001 certifications in South and Central America, representing 3.34% of the world total in the last period (ECLAC, 2017).
6.65% of the total expenditure on science and technology in Argentina in 2013 was allocated to environmental care and control (ECLAC, 2017).
20.3% of the terrestrial and marine area of Latin America and the Caribbean is protected (UNEP, 2016).
6 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world are in LAC.
300 billion dollars annually is the cost of land degradation (Nkonya. et al. 2016).
