By Thalif Deen
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) – One of the world’s largest “paper factories” – a dubious title traditionally conferred on the United Nations –  is on the verge of running out of business. Continue Reading
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Tags: carbon footprint, Paper, Paper Smart Initiative, United Nations
U.N. Paper Factory Threatened with Closure
Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin
Tags: Education, Informal Education, WAGGGS
Rio+20: Creating a Future Girls Want
Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin
by Busani Bafana
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 19 2012 (TerraViva) - On a wall in the Rio conference centre is an unusual, brightly coloured tree. It is made of sticky notes, arranged so that the tree’s branches extend down and out. On these notes, delegates passing by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girls Scouts (WAGGGS) have been asked to write down the futures they envision.
Tags: Climate Science, Fair Ideas Conference, GEO-5, UNEP
RIO+20: Ignoring Science, Negotiations Become Political Battle
Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin
by Stephen Leahy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 19 2012 (TerraViva) - The science is crystal clear: humans are threatening Earth’s ability to support mankind, and a new world economy is urgently needed to prevent irreversible decline, said scientists and other experts at an event on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Earth Summit.
Tags: Agriculture, Biodiversidade, EspĂ©cies Ameaçadas, FabĂola Ortiz
Alerta: um terço das espécies no mundo em risco de extinção
Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin
Por FabĂola Ortiz
RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 Junho (TerraViva) – O alerta é global: um terço das espécies no mundo correm risco de extinção. São quase 20.000 espécies em perigo, anunciou a União Internacional para a Conservação da Natureza que lançou, nesta terça-feira, dia 19 de junho, a Lista Vermelha de Espécies Ameaçadas durante a Conferência Rio+20.
Tags: Bianca Jagger, Biodiversidade, FabĂola Ortiz, Florestas, IUCN
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.
Tags: Clarinha Glock, GĂŞnero, Marcha das Mulheres, Michelle Bachelet. CĂşpula dos Povos
Mulheres foram Ă s ruas por seus direitos
Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin
Por Clarinha Glock
 RIO DE JANEIRO, junho 18 (TerraViva) – Enfeitada com um colar de penas e carregando um cartaz escrito Ă mĂŁo, Rosenilda Candido, 38 anos, indĂgena do grupo Terena, mostrou por que veio da aldeia Bananal, em Aquidauana, no Mato Grosso do Sul, ao Rio de Janeiro para integrar-se Ă CĂşpula dos Povos. Continue Reading
Tags: capital natural, Fabiana Frayssinet, Foro de Sostenibilidad Corporativa, FundaciĂłn Getulio Vargas, Pacto Mundial
Capital natural se abre paso en el mundo financiero
Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabiana Frayssinet * – TerraViva
RĂŤO DE JANEIRO, 18 jun (IPS) Responsables del sector financiero de varios paĂses asumieron el compromiso de incorporar el concepto capital natural en sus productos y servicios para defender un patrimonio que, segĂşn entienden, necesita un precio para impedir más devastaciĂłn. Continue Reading
UN, People’s Summit Clash over Green Economy
Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin
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.
Tags: Africa, hydropower, Julio Godoy, Renewable Energy, solar, wind
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
Tags: Cidades, FabĂola Ortiz
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 atĂ© 2050, 80% das pessoas viverĂŁo em cidades e o desafio Ă© melhorar a eficiĂŞncia no uso de seus recursos como água e energia, alĂ©m de reduzir os nĂveis de poluição responsável pela piora da qualidade de vida.
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