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New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks Beyond 2015

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

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Steiner y Cumbre de los Pueblos chocan por economía verde

Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÃO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) El director ejecutivo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), Achim Steiner, cree que él y la Cumbre de los Pueblos coinciden en que el actual modelo económico causó el colapso ambiental. Pero el diálogo sobre cómo sustituirlo se volvió un áspero debate. Continue Reading

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Mineração, matriz perversa da economia verde, segundo ativistas

Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin

Por Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (TerraViva) Economia verde é o novo demônio de boa parte dos ativistas socioambientais que participam dos debates na Cúpula dos Povos, no Aterro do Flamengo.

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Diálogos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável entram na fase final

Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin

Por Clarinha Glock

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) O primeiro painel dos Diálogos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, que abordou o tema “Desemprego, Trabalho Decente e Migraçõesâ€, consolidou uma experiência que pretende se tornar um marco a ser replicado em outras grandes conferências das Nações Unidas, apesar da crítica de organizações não-governamentais como Greenpeace e SOS Mata Atlântica, que se retiraram das discussões. Continue Reading

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Concrete Goals the Only Recipe for Success

Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Goals drive action, and that’s why establishing a set of Sustainable Development Goals is so important to put the world on a sustainable pathway, experts said Saturday under the tropical fig and palm forest that covers much of the ground at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Continue Reading

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Cilantro Spices Up Coexistence with Drought in Brazil

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.

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Países del Sur aceptan economía verde

Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin

Por Diana Cariboni

RÃO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (TerraViva) No es cierto que los países en desarrollo condicionaron la inclusión de la economía verde en el documento final de Río+20 a definiciones sobre financiamiento, dijo a TerraViva la jefa de la delegación de Venezuela, Claudia Salerno Caldera. Continue Reading

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Kari-oca, missão indígena na Rio+20

Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin

Por Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 jun (TerraViva) Mostrar que o sul do Brasil também tem índios, e com uma cultura própria, motivou o cacique Teodoro Tupã Alves a trazer 40 jovens guarani à conferencia Rio+20, numa viagem de 1.500 quilômetros e 23 horas de ônibus.

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Boff: La vida es lo sagrado de la Carta de la Tierra

Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÃO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (TerraViva) A Leonardo Boff no le gusta hablar de la Carta de la Tierra como de una nueva Biblia. Pero del documento, que según el teólogo brasileño es “el más bello del siglo XXIâ€, rescata un carácter sagrado: la salvación de la vida. Continue Reading

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New Economic Yardstick Includes “Natural Capital”

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

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