Sharing experiences at 2023 Forest Monitoring Accelerator of the World Resources Institute September 01, 2023 Last Wednesday August 30, was held a field trip at the southern coast of Guatemala, developed by the international workshop of the Accelerator of Landscape Monitoring for ...

II National Congress of Water Resources August 9, 2023 On August 7th and 8th, after twenty years, the second National Congress of Water Resources in Guatemala was held with a series of lectures of international experts, conversations, and presentations of studies on ...

Courses in Climate Change in Sololá, Guatemala July 28, 2023 In July, we started some climate change courses in Sololá, Guatemala, aimed to strengthen capacities of different actors in the department such as teachers and technicians from institutions and organizations. The courses ...

Course on surface water measurements concludes May 31, 2023 With a practical session carried out in secondary currents of the Coyolate and Nahualate rivers, the course on surface water measurements (gauges) was successfully concluded. The course was imparted to technicians and students ...

The ICC provides technical and scientific support to agribusiness reforestation plans Abril 26, 2023 On May 25th, the Guatemalan Sugar Association (ASAZGUA) presented the 2023 Reforestation Plan, which consists of planting more than 955,000 trees in eleven departments of the country, which ...

Reforestation days begins on the south coast May 24, 2023 On May 23, the launch of the “Sembrando Huella 2023” (Sowing footprint) campaign has held at the riverbank of the Madre Vieja River, which is now a nice young forest, located in ...

Forest nursery course concludes April 19, 2023 The course started on the 16th of March and ended successfully today with a practical session at the CENGICAÑA tree nursery in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla. The course was directed at technicians, NGO staff and ...

The ICC presents its new hydrometric station March 21, 2023 Last Friday, March 17, ICC presented the sixth hydrometric station installed on the south coast of Guatemala. This station, called “San Juan La Selva” is located near the Coyolate´s River mouth, between ...

ICC is now a member of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) February 21, 2023 As of this month the ICC is officially a member of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), which promotes cooperation in research related ...

On January 24, professionals from the ICC and the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology of Guatemala (INSIVUMEH) conducted a tour to exchange methodologies for the measurement of rivers and physicochemical parameters in the field, in the municipality of Patulul, ...

The Capacity Building and Communications Program of the ICC is strengthening the capacities on climate change of key social stakeholders of Guatemala. The institute is imparting a certificate course on community adaptation in the municipalities of San Lorenzo and Río Bravo Suchitepéquez, ...

At the close of 2022, the Climate Change Institute participated in the fifth meeting of the Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Roundtable of the Guatemalan Climate Change Science System (SGCCC). Several representatives from different institutions attended the meeting. La licenciada en Biología ...

Can you imagine your house flooded? Today more than 8 THOUSAND PEOPLE from several communities do no longer have to think about this nightmare; find out how they did it. Floods are one of the climate-related phenomena that have caused the most ...

The ICC, together with social stakeholders from Sololá, presented the results and products of the climate change and food security project financed by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation -AECID-. This project has counterpart funding from the ICC and 11 communities ...

To commemorate World Soil Day (December 5th), the ICC as a member of the Guatemalan Alliance for Soil Management invites you to take part in the online seminar: Technological innovations towards a new paradigm for soil fertility management. Free online seminar! – ...

Alma Santos, researcher at ICC, took part in the online seminar: “The power of maps to recover soils and food security in the region”, an event organized by Catholic Relief Services and Water Smart Agriculture. To access the online seminar, click here. ...

Today, November 15, the ICC shared experiences and results in a discussion organized by the Central American Agricultural Council -CAC-, whose regional entity operates under the umbrella of the Central American Integration System -SICA-. The event was titled: “Inter-institutional advances in the ...

The ICC will share experiences in the webinar: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) The power of maps to recover soils and food security in Central America. When? Tuesday, November 15 10: 30 a.m. Register here: https://bit.ly/GISdayElPoderDeLosMapas #GISDay2022 will take part on November 16, ...

The ICC is preparing to celebrate the World Soil Day -December 5th-. The institute has joined the global campaign of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -FAO- “Soils: origin of food”. Since 2020, the ICC has been a founding ...

The ICC participated today November 7th in the first day of the Climate Change Forum organized by the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility Action in Guatemala -CetraRSE-. Click here to access the conference: https://lnkd.in/etJg5yuM

With the purpose of strengthening the capacities of professionals who contribute with their talent at the Climate Change Institute -ICC-, the communications specialist Kevin Roger Perez participated in the National Festival of Communication and Journalism, being certified in Scientific and Environmental Journalism ...