THE GLACIERS OF THE ‘CORDILLERA BLANCA (NORTE)’ IN GRAVE REGRESSION (from an article sent by ECOTICIAS.COM / RED / AGENCIAS, 04/06/2012)    Versión en Español, más abajo. Image: perumagiayencanto.org; wikipedia.org Anil Mishra, UNESCO’s specialist in hydrological systems, participated this week in Lima, together with the German Thomas Schaaf, head of UNESCO’s Biodiversity science, in the workshop “The impact of the recession of Andes’ glaciers”, with the purpose of issuing recommendations to the region’s member countries. According to the experts, a monitoring system will have to include scientists, high technology teams, and experts in hydrology, in order to determine the melting of the glaciers, the diminution of water in the rivers supplied by the snow caps, and the areas that will be affected. According to Peru’s Glaciology Unit, the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca (north) (*) – the highest tropical mountainous chain – have receeded 30% in the last 40 ...