Report reveals severe impact of last year’s drought on Amazonian communities

Report reveals severe impact of last year’s drought on Amazonian communities

A new report by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center has revealed the most widespread and damaging impacts of last year’s severe drought in the Amazon Basin, which affected hundreds of thousands of Amazonian people. According to the report, impeded transportation, drinking water shortages, aquatic wildlife deaths and wildfires were among the greatest challenges the communities face…