World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9467This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Bolivia, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America, Bolivia has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one under preparation. Land use change and forestry, coupled with agriculture, are by far the largest contributors to green house gas (GHG) emissions in the country. The emission reduction potential of the sector is large, but not sufficiently explored. Bolivia counts with only two registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, none of which is in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate variability and weather extremes and around a third of the population derives their livelihood from agricultural production. A greater emphasis on adaptation strategies, in particular those related to water harvest and sustainable land management, as well as developing and applying adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better management of public resources in light of natural disasters in the agriculture sector.CC BY 3.0 IGOAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSAGROFORESTRYALTITUDEAMAZONIAN RAINFORESTARABLE LANDBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL CORRIDORSBIOMASSCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON CAPTURECARBON EMISSIONSCARBON IN FORESTSCARBON INTENSITYCARBON LOSSESCARBON RETENTIONCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON TRADINGCATCHMENTCATCHMENT MANAGEMENTCH4CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGYCLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENTCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE CHANGE STUDIESCLIMATE DATACLIMATE RESILIENCECLIMATE STRESSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATESCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC VARIABILITYCO2COMMUNITY FORESTRYCONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITYCULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEGRADED AREASDESERTIFICATIONDROUGHTDROUGHTSDRY FORESTSECOLOGICAL CONDITIONSECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC SECTORSECONOMICSECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGEELECTRIC POWEREMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS ESTIMATESEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS OF METHANEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CHANGESENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSENVIRONMENTAL GROUPSEXOTIC SPECIESEXPLOITATIONEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFARMSFEASIBILITYFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFIRE MANAGEMENTFISHERIESFLOODSFORESTFOREST AREAFOREST AREASFOREST CARBONFOREST CARBON STOCKSFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST DEVELOPMENTFOREST FIRESFOREST INDUSTRYFOREST LAWFOREST PROJECTSFOREST RESOURCESFOREST SECTORSFOREST SPECIESFORESTRYFORESTRY AUTHORITYFORESTRY LAWFORESTRY MANAGEMENTFORESTRY PROJECTSFORESTRY SECTORFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFRESH WATERGAS EMISSIONSGASESGENERAL CIRCULATION MODELGHGGLACIAL MELTGLACIER AREAGLACIER RETREATGLACIERSGREEN HOUSE GASGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASHAILHEAVY RAINSHYDROLOGYICEIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCREASE IN TEMPERATUREINSURANCEINSURANCE ASSOCIATIONINSURANCE COMPANIESINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE PREMIUMSINSURANCE PRODUCTSINSURANCE SCHEMESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGELAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGEMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONMETEOROLOGYMETHANE EMISSIONSNATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL FOREST AREANATIONAL FOREST CARBONNATIONAL FORESTRYNATURAL REGENERATIONNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESOVERGRAZINGPASTURESPLANTINGPORTFOLIOPRECIPITATIONPRODUCERSRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL INCREASERAINFALL INCREASESRAINWATERREDUCING EMISSIONSREFORESTATIONRESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGESCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSOIL CARBONSOIL DEGRADATIONSOIL EROSIONSUBTROPICAL FORESTSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE USE OF FORESTTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURESTIMBERTIMBER PRODUCTSTOTAL EMISSIONSVULNERABILITY INDICATORSVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER QUALITYWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWEATHER EXTREMESWEATHER INSURANCEWINDWMOWOODWOOD SUPPLYWorld Bank10.1596/9467