Reseña

In 2020, the Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
published the book "The Environmental
Tragedy of Latin America and the Caribbean",
(https://
www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/46101-latragedia-ambiental- Latin AmericaCaribbean) written by 21 experts from various
countries in the region, who shared their
experience of five decades of continuous
environmental struggle. These authors have
been recognized by that institution as
"Foundational thinkers of sustainable
development".
Aware that the environment continues its
tendency to deterioration outlined in this book,
and that there are new and complex factors that
exacerbate the situation day by day, these
authors propose a new updated analysis of the
environment and a set of reflections that
contribute to finding solutions to get out of the
crossroads faced by both the region and the
earth as a whole.
This study analyzes the environmental reality
of Latin America and the Caribbean in the face
of extreme future uncertainty. The first
chapter, "The state of the environment in the
region", begins by exposing the environmental
state of terrestrial space, maritime space and
human settlements. In the terrestrial regional
space, the analyses of shared macroecosystems such as the Amazon, the La Plata
Basin, the Altiplano, Patagonia, the Orinoquia
and others stand out, emphasizing that they
contain the greatest wealth of biodiversity in
the world and a remarkable availability of
water resources