Claudia Ciobanu*

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) A trip to Sepetiba Bay in western Rio de Janeiro might give a better sense of the relationship between business and local communities than the official programme of the Rio+20 conference. Continue Reading

By Julio Godoy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) The Latin American social and economic experience of the past 10 years, of steady and yet sustainable expansion that helped lift some 73 million people from poverty, is an example for other developing countries. Continue Reading

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

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) Los países BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) tienen ante sí una elección clave: optar por una cooperación “del bien”, en busca del desarrollo sostenible, o una alianza “del mal”, que siga los pasos de la ayuda tradicional, que criticaban cuando eran sus beneficiarios. Continue Reading

By Stephen Leahy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 (TerraViva) Youth and future generations do not deserve a voice in their own future, the Brazilian government appears to have arbitrarily decided here at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, where the theme is “The Future We Want”. Continue Reading

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

Por Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva)  Quando o presidente da Vale esteve em Moçambique há dois anos, foram suspensos todos os vôos para a província do Tete,   onde a empresa brasileira extrai carvão mineral. A rota se tornou temporariamente exclusiva dos visitantes.

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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

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

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