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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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Law to reform Law No. 276, Law of Creation of the Nicaraguan Company of Aqueducts and Sanitary Sewers (ENACAL)(Nicaragua...

The Nicaraguan Company of Aqueducts and Sanitary Sewers is created, a state-owned commercial entity, with legal personality and its own assets, of indefinite duration and with full capacity to acquire...

Paraguayan Penal Code (Paraguay)

Law 1,160-97 This law punishes attempted crimes, as well as culpable conduct. It defines in the Second Book, Title III, Chapter I, “Acts punishable against the natural bases of human life” differe...

Law No. 16,858/ declaration of interest generates irrigation for agricultural purposes (Uruguay)

Through this law, the use of water for irrigation is decreed to be of general interest.

Law No. 26834: Law on Protected Natural Areas

The Natural Protected Areas Law (Law N° 26834) establishes the regulatory framework for the management, conservation, and administration of Natural Protected Areas in Peru. It defines these areas as ...

Regulation for the Elaboration of Standards containing Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Measures according to the Plant and...

The Regulation establishes the administrative procedure for the elaboration, publication, notification, modification and repeal of phytosanitary and zoosanitary standards that must be issued by the Mi...

Agricultural Marketing Programs Act

The Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (S.C. 1997, c. 20, assented to April 25, 1997 and current to 2025 with last amendment February 5, 2016) is federal legislation establishing programs for the mar...

Constitutive Treaty of the Andean Parliament and Additional Protocol on Direct and Universal Elections

The Constitutive Treaty of the Andean Parliament establishes a common deliberative body of the Andean Integration System that represents the peoples of the Andean Community, constituted by representat...

Regulatory and Institutional Framework Drinking Water Sanitary Sewer (Panama)

The purpose of this Law is to establish the regulatory framework to which the activities related to the provision of public drinking water supply and sanitary sewage services, considered public utilit...

East Demerara Water Conservancy Act (EN)(Guyana)

An act to establish the East Demerara water conservancy for the purpose of making better provision for the supply of water in East Demerera to provide for the management of the conservancy and for pur...

Environmental Protection Act (EN)(Guyana)

An Act to provide for the management, conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, the prevention or control of pollution, the assessment of the impact of economic development on the e...

Law No. 217: General Law on the Environment and Natural Resources Nicaragua

Law 217 establishes the fundamental norms for the conservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of the environment and natural resources in Nicaragua. This framework law defines the instrumen...

Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (EN) (Estados Unidos)

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was passed by Congress in 1974, with amendments added in 1986 and 1996, to protect our drinking water. Under the SDWA, EPA sets the standards for drinking water qual...