Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabiana Frayssinet
RÃO DE JANEIRO, 17 jun (TerraViva) Los paÃses BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) tienen ante sà 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
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
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
Posted on 17 June 2012 by admin
Por Julio Godoy
RÃO 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
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
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
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
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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Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Por Diana Cariboni
RÃO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (TerraViva) No es cierto que los paÃses en desarrollo condicionaron la inclusión de la economÃa verde en el documento final de RÃo+20 a definiciones sobre financiamiento, dijo a TerraViva la jefa de la delegación de Venezuela, Claudia Salerno Caldera. Continue Reading