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Belo Monte Ă© uma ferida aberta na AmazĂ´nia

Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin

Por Clarinha Glock

RIO DE JANEIRO, junho 19 (TerraViva) – A indĂ­gena Sheyla Juruna chorou ao falar sobre a construção da Usina HidrelĂ©trica de Belo Monte, no Xingu, norte do Brasil. Em meio a seus “parentes” – como se refere aos demais representantes dos povos indĂ­genas reunidos na CĂşpula dos Povos, evento paralelo Ă  Rio+20. -, ansiosa por participar das discussões, as lágrimas de Sheyla revelam sua impotĂŞncia diante das inĂşmeras tentativas feitas atĂ© agora de barrar a obra.

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Compromissos de reflorestas alcançam 12% das áreas verdes

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por FabĂ­ola Ortiz

RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 Junho (TerraViva) – O mundo se comprometeu até agora a restaurar apenas 18 milhões de hectares de florestas até 2020, o que corresponde a apenas 12% da meta de 150 milhões de hectares acordada no Desafio de Bonn, na Alemanha, em 2011.

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Capital natural se abre paso en el mundo financiero

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet * – TerraViva

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 18 jun (IPS) Responsables del sector financiero de varios países asumieron el compromiso de incorporar el concepto capital natural en sus productos y servicios para defender un patrimonio que, según entienden, necesita un precio para impedir más devastación. Continue Reading

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UN, People’s Summit Clash over Green Economy

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Fabiana Frayssinet

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) – U.N. Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner believes that he and the Rio+20 People’s Summit agree that the global economic model has caused the current environmental destruction. But the discussion on what to replace it with turned into an acrid debate.

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In Africa, Renewables Light Up the Darkness

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

By Julio Godoy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) – Mammoth summits such as Rio+20 can easily degenerate into confections of hot air, settings for useless sing-alongs. Continue Reading

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ONU lança iniciativa global para cidades inteligentes

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por FabĂ­ola Ortiz

RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 Junho (TerraViva) – A cada ano a população mundial se torna mais e mais urbana, as projeções indicam que até 2050, 80% das pessoas viverão em cidades e o desafio é melhorar a eficiência no uso de seus recursos como água e energia, além de reduzir os níveis de poluição responsável pela piora da qualidade de vida.

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Rio+20 and Beyond: Together for a Sustainable Future

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

By José Graziano da Silva*

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) As stated in the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and the 1992 Earth Summit, human beings are at the centre of sustainable development. Continue Reading

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Q&A: “Only a Major Catastrophe Will Force Us to Change”

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Julio Godoy interviews JONATHAN BAILLIE, leading British biologist and member of the Zoological Society of London

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) That the environmental state of the Earth is catastrophic is no longer news. But grasping some figures that describe this catastrophe still provokes a shock – for instance, that 30 percent of biodiversity has disappeared since 1970, and that 60 percent of this decline has taken place in the tropical areas of the planet. Continue Reading

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African Delegation Sceptical about “Natural Capital”

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

By Isaiah Esipisu

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) As the first World Summit of Legislators concludes here, the Kenyan delegation has warned that the world’s developing nations must be careful when putting a monetary value on natural resources. Continue Reading

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Destruição de manguezais ameaçam a vida no planeta

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 junho (TerraViva) – A grande expansĂŁo mineira e energĂ©tica da AmĂ©rica Latina en AmĂ©rica Latina está destruindo manguezais, que sĂŁo indispensáveis para a vida nĂŁo sĂł nos mares, alertou Esperanza Salazar na CĂşpula dos Povos.

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