Stakeholders in the Arequipa region, such as pastoral and crop farming communities, mining economies, and urban sectors vary in their interests and impact ecosystems and social systems differently.

The Peruvian delegates expressed interest in establishing educational partnerships. Medina proposed a collaboration between ...

The Center for Soil and Water Quality (CSWQ) will focus on characterization, monitoring, and visualization of the Arequipa Region’s vital soil and water resources. Science-based decision making ...

This makes the Arequipa region a "cold desert," with temperatures ranging from 4 to 18°C. The vegetation consists mainly of highly drought-adapted shrubland. Due to limited precipitation ...

In Peru, at least 40 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Arequipa region. According to the National Emergency Operations Center, five thousand houses, hundreds ...

At an altitude of 5,672 meters, the Ubinas is, together with Sabancaya (5,975 meters) in the Arequipa region, the most active volcano in Peru. Since last June 24, the Ubinas presented volcanic ...

Meanwhile, in the Arequipa region traffic is interrupted on the Pan-American Highway South, at km 48, Repartición area (La Joya-Arequipa). On the South Interoceanic Highway there is no vehicle ...

Unlike Mediterranean ecosystems, where vegetation has evolved strategies to withstand fire, the volcanic soils of Arequipa—one of the driest regions in the world—are not adapted to wildfire ...