AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoClimate Risk: El Niño could intensify drought across the Caribbean, and a separate UN warning says French Guiana is already feeling drought impacts. CariCOF also sees continued flood and flash-flood risks across much of the region, with French Guiana among the possible exceptions. Postal and Logistics Security: A regional cyber-resilience workshop in French Guiana trained postal and logistics participants to respond to ransomware, supply-chain attacks and other threats, including through a simulated cyberattack. Mining Pressure: On the Suriname border, Wayana communities face illegal gold mining that clears forest and pollutes rivers with mercury. Local efforts to map ancestral lands and strengthen education could support alternatives to mining. Cross-Border Oil Concerns: Petrobras exploration near Indigenous coastal territories in Brazil is adding pressure around Oiapoque, where new arrivals are increasing risks to Indigenous lands.
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