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Guatemalan Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of the...
The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment is one of the ten Institutes for research established in the University Rafael Sandivar. It promotes knowledge generation processes that...
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United Nations Development Programme Bureau for Crisis Prevention and...
After 36 years of internal armed conflict in Guatemala, thousands of confidential facts about the actions of the State have been registered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Thanks to...
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World Bank Country Office in Guatemala
Despite the global financial crisis and recent natural disasters, Guatemala continues to have huge potential for economic growth. But with the second lowest social indicators in the region, rising food...
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CATHALAC publishes satellite imagery of Guatemala volcano eruption
UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office CATHALAC (Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean) quickly reacted to yesterday's eruption of Guatemala's Fuego Volcano. In the context...
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CATHALAC analyses Mangrove Cover of Guatemala
In collaboration with the Ministry of Environment& Natural Resources (MARN) in Guatemala, UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office CATHALAC (Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the...
View ArticleEarthquake impacts the western region of Guatemala
Region: Eastern region of GuatemalaWed, 07/11/2012On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and...
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UN-SPIDER facilitates activation of Charter for Guatemala
On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and losses. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake had its epicenter...
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Guatemala - Expert Mission (2010)
Guatemala is exposed to various hazards. Floods, droughts and landslides occur on an annual basis in urban and rural communities. Taking into consideration the usefulness of earth observations in the...
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Guatemala - Expert Mission (2011)
In recent years Guatemala has been impacted by disasters of various kinds including volcanic eruptions, floods and droughts. In November 2010, UN-SPIDER had conducted a Technical Advisory Mission (TAM)...
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Central America: New Portal for Disaster Risk Management launched
The Coordination Centre for Natural DisasterPrevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC) in Guatemala launched on 19 November 2012 an online Platform for Information and Communication for Integrated Risk...
View ArticleEarthquake impacts the western region of Guatemala
Region: Eastern region of GuatemalaWed, 07/11/2012On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and...
View ArticleEarthquake impacts the western region of Guatemala
Region: Eastern region of GuatemalaWed, 07/11/2012On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and...
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International Charter activated for massive landslide in Guatemala
The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters has been triggered to provide satellite-based emergency maps in response to heavy rains that triggered a massive landslide in the "El Cambray 2"...
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Landslide in the El Cambray 2 urban settlement in the metropolitan district...
Region: GuatemalaThu, 01/10/2015Around 11 PM on the night of 1st October 2015, a landslide took place in the Santa Catarina municipal district of of the greater metropolitan district of Guatemala City....
View ArticleEarthquake impacts the western region of Guatemala
Region: Eastern region of GuatemalaWed, 07/11/2012On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and...
View ArticleEarthquake impacts the western region of Guatemala
Region: Eastern region of GuatemalaWed, 07/11/2012On 7 November 2012 at 10:35 am local time, the southwestern region of Guatemala was impacted by a strong earthquake that provoked fatalities and...
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UN-SPIDER, SENACYT and CONRED of Guatemala to conduct a training course in...
Event Organisers: UN-SPIDER, the National Secretariat of the Council of Science and Technology of Guatemala (SENACYT) and the Executive Secretariat of CONRED (SE-CONRED) Venue Country: Guatemala Venue...
View ArticleUN-SPIDER joins CONVERCIENCIA 2017 event in Guatemala
The National Secretariat for Science and Technology of Guatemala (SENACYT) organized a week-long event called CONVERCIENCIA 2017 to showcase the research conducted by Guatemalan researchers living...
View ArticleUN-SPIDER joins forces with SENACYT, SE-CONRED and IAA-USAC to conduct a...
In recent decades, Guatemala has been experiencing disasters triggered by geologic and hydro-meteorological hazards that have impacted urban and rural communities. In order to increase the country’s...
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Volcanic eruption in Guatemala
Sun, 03/06/2018*/ /*-->*/ On 3 June 2018, the Fuego volcano erupted violently sending ash clouds up to six thousand meters above sea level and triggering pyroclastic flows that descended through some...
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