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Policy frameworks

Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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Guatemala's National Water Policy and Strategy

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the contribution of water to the achievement of Guatemala's national development goals and objectives. It is a Public Policy of the Central Government that is p...

Regulation of wastewater discharges in the Lake Atitlán Basin (Governmental Agreement No. 12-2011)- GUATEMALA.

The purpose of the regulation is to establish the parameters and maximum permissible limits for the discharge of wastewater into receiving bodies of the Lake Atitlan basin either directly or indirectl...

Guatemala's National Climate Change Policy

The objective is to adopt risk prevention practices, reduce vulnerability and improve adaptation to climate change, in order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the territory...

Guatemala: Policy for the Integrated Management of Coastal Marine Areas (Governmental Agreement No. 328-2009).

This policy will help solve the complex socio-environmental problems in coastal marine areas, with the opening of spaces, ways and mechanisms to ensure the responsible participation of all sectors inv...

National Policy for the Promotion and Comprehensive Development of Women and Equal Opportunities Plan 2008-2023. (Gover...

The Policy represents the general mechanism through which the application of measures is sought to enable women to achieve integral development, in order to make effective the principle of real and ef...

National Policy for Integral Rural Development

This policy seeks to achieve progressive and permanent advancement in the quality of life of rural populations in poverty and extreme poverty, with priority on indigenous peoples and peasant communiti...

National Integral Rural Development Plan

The plan aims to activate and adapt Guatemala's National Policy for Integral Rural Development, based on strengthening the peasant economy. This will be done through the articulation of different sect...

National Policy for the Promotion and Comprehensive Development of Women and the Equal Opportunities Plan 2008-2023

The Policy promotes the comprehensive development of Mayan, Garifuna, Xinka and mestizo women in all spheres of economic, social, political and cultural life, through axes focused on economic and prod...

Guatemala: Policy for the Conservation, Protection and Improvement of the Environment and Resources (Governmental Agreem...

This law seeks the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, especially water, biodiversity, genetic resources, environmental sanitation, adequate use of natural resources and comprehensi...

National Policy on Food and Nutrition Security-GUATEMALA

The legal basis of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy (PSAN) is based on the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala. Article 2, Duties of the State, guarantees the life, security and ...

National Food and Nutritional Security System Law

Decree No. 32-2005 states that Food and Nutritional Security is assumed as a comprehensive state policy, within the framework of poverty reduction strategies, and in coherence with global, sectoral, a...

Guatemala: General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Decree No. 80-2002 and its Regulations (Governmental Agreement 223...

The purpose of this law is to regulate fisheries and aquaculture, to regulate fishing and aquaculture activities in order to harmonize them with advances in science, adjusting them with appropriate me...