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 Diana Cariboni
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 17 2012 (IPS) – 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. 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 17 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabiana Frayssinet
RÍO 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
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
Por Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) O ator Nelio Fernando está na Cúpula dos Povos declamando poemas. “Mario Quintana, Vinicius”, oferece ele, ao lado do cartaz indicando R$ 1,00 como preço de um poema declamado. “Alguns pagam mais”, reconheceu. Continue Reading
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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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 Migrações”, 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
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
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.
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Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Por Diana Cariboni
RÍO 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