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Bolivia: Artificial 'islands' to protect cattle from annual floods

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In the remote area of Bolivia's northeastern Amazon region of Beni, small-scale dairy farmers will use artificial hills to protect their livestock from the annual floods that start in December, reports IPS.

"People used to just adapt, trying to come up with their own contingency methods," Óscar Mendoza, the head of risk management in the FAO office, told IPS. "That's why we decided to take measures geared to dealing with climate swings, to mitigate the risks to agricultural production."

Another step in climate change adaptation was the implementation of an early warning system with FAO support, to back up the national weather service.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Climate change Early warning Disaster risk management Food security and agriculture
Country and region Bolivia, Plurinational State of

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