AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoEl Niño & Peru’s food security: Peru’s unusually warm coastal waters are pushing anchovies away, leaving boats idle around Callao and threatening thousands of fishing jobs as the El Niño event strengthens. Water infrastructure for drought resilience: President Keiko Fujimori inaugurated the Paccaritambo irrigation system in Cusco, including the Apu Sullcan dam, aimed at boosting year-round water availability for high-Andean farming amid El Niño-linked droughts. Biodiversity & conservation science: A new report says the Amazon basin holds over 2,700 freshwater fish species, with fish tied to ecosystem health and livelihoods—an argument for protecting connected river systems before restoration becomes harder. Environmental defenders under threat: The Chapra Nation’s president, Olivia Bisa Tirko, was attacked and threatened in Peru’s Amazon; the group is calling for urgent protection for environmental defenders. Cyber risk with regional reach: Fortinet reports the Casbaneiro banking Trojan uses phishing PDFs and geofenced delivery to target users in Peru and other Latin American countries.
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