Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabíola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 Junho (TerraViva) – O futuro das fontes de energias alternativas no Brasil são eólica e biomassa, afirmam autoridades brasileiras do setor ao enfatizar que a predominância do país continuará com sua matriz hídrica. O Brasil poderá passar a ocupar, em 2013, a 10ª posição entre os maiores produtores de energia eólica do mundo.
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
Busani Bafana interviews JOHN GUMMER, President of the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) If global leaders gathering next week for the Rio+20 conference are under immense pressure to deliver on the 1992 Earth Summit commitments, that pressure has just been doubled by parliaments taking out the environmental accountability whip. Continue Reading
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) It’s not true that developing countries conditioned the inclusion of the green economy in the final document at Rio+20 on clearly defined provisions for financing, the head of the Venezuelan delegation, Claudia Salerno, told TerraViva.
“That is an unfounded rumour,” she said.
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
Por Julio Godoy
RÍO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) Dos nuevas leyes de protección ambiental y sustanciales reformas a otras tantas hacen de México un ejemplo repetidamente mencionado en el Primer Congreso Mundial de Legisladores ambientalistas, celebrado en esta ciudad brasileña desde el viernes 15 hasta este domingo 17. Continue Reading
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
By Busani Bafana
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) Integrated landscape systems that promote cooperation over competition can end global conflicts over water, energy and land use stemming from how the world produces food, says a new global study. Continue Reading
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
By Thalif Deen
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) – When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 2012 (TerraViva) – Swallowed up in the crowd in front of the spectacular Guanabara Bay, indigenous leader Apolinario from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest acted as an impromptu guide on the first day of the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Mario Osava
JEREMOABO, Brazil, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Many grow lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets and other vegetables. But cilantro is ever-present in the gardens that are helping rural families weather the lengthy drought that is once again wracking Brazil’s impoverished Northeast.
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabíola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (TerraViva) – Não basta estar presente na Rio+20, tem que ter compromisso, é o que defende o biofísico brasileiro Henrique Lins de Barros, pesquisador do Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF).
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
By Julio Godoy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) – Incorporating a monetary valuation of nature into gross domestic product (GDP) is an essential step for a global policy of sustainable development, according to legislators and scientists gathered in this Brazilian city ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Continue Reading
Terraviva talks to Giuseppe Sala, CEO of EXPO Milano 2015 Expo Milano 2015 is in Rio to kick off its global dialogue on food and energy. During a side on June 21, CEO Giuseppe Sala gives an overview of the Expo 2015 that will run from May to October in Milan, Italy.more >>.
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