Bolivia

First impressions: A visit to a vulnerable watershed reveals the need for strong water planning

Perspective / SEI researchers Felipe Benavides and Jeanne Fernandez reflect on a recent tour of Bolivia's Tupiza watershed, where residents have "lost everything."

GMET in Bolivia: building gridded climate datasets for water resource studies

SEI brief / SEI researchers used the Gridded Meteorological Ensemble Tool for a water balance study in Bolivia, marking the first time the tool was applied outside the US.

Bolivia WATCH: an integrated approach to ensuring both clean and available water

Feature / SEI experts explain how a new project will help Bolivia connect sanitation with watershed management.

How a water model can reveal inequalities – and inform better policy

Feature / Farmers in Bolivia are struggling as their water supply becomes increasingly unreliable. Could better models lead to policies that help the most vulnerable?

Bolivia WATCH

Project / Bolivia WATCH works to arm the country's institutions with the information and capacity to connect two spheres: safe sanitation and watershed management.

Change story: Addressing a growing water crisis in Bolivia

Feature / Bolivia faces a deepening water crisis. SEI helped plan for the future by creating the first-ever comprehensive model of Bolivia’s rivers, lakes and streams.

With new model, Bolivia can better address a growing water crisis

Feature / SEI researchers recently unveiled the first comprehensive model of Bolivia’s rivers, lakes and streams, as part of the Bolivia National Water Balance.

Rents, actors, and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Journal article / This article examines the roles played by large interests and smallholders in creating agricultural frontiers, focusing on the Gran Chaco region.

Understanding the socio-institutional context to support adaptation for future water security in forest landscapes

Journal article / Participatory research in forest landscapes in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina to identify conditions facilitating water stress adaptation planning