Anchovy fishery, Was a victim of climate change?

The impact of climate change on the Peruvian economy subtract 15% of its GDP during this century, to adversely affect the Fisheries Sector, Agriculture and Mining.

This is indicated by a study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the national government.

According to experts, global warming would cause negative effects on Fishing Activity, and in particular a reduction in catch of anchovy.

And if that were to happen, mean a decrease in the production of fishmeal.

The report notes that Peru is considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world against the rising temperatures, which generates melting of glaciers, floods and droughts.

The nation owns 70% of the world's tropical glaciers and snowy fifth of these have already disappeared due to global warming recorded over the past 30 years.

“The extent of losses analyzed the need for early action to reduce the vulnerability of the entire territory follows” Peru, the statement in the document, as reported Reuters.

The report, entitled The Economics of Climate Change in Peru, was presented at the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention of the United Nations Climate Change (COP20).

For researchers, Peru is vulnerable to climate change have seven of the nine characteristics of vulnerability recognized by the Convention: own low, arid and semi-arid coastal areas; have areas susceptible to deforestation, erosion, natural disasters, drought and desertification; and have highly polluted urban areas and fragile ecosystems, reported Journal Management.

SOURCE: Fis.com