By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Equal access to riches and resources is a must if the world’s burgeoning urban population is to achieve sustainable development, experts say. Continue Reading
Archive | June, 2012
Tags: Amantha Perera, cities, Ford Foundation, urban development
Bulging Cities Need Holistic Development Approach
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
Tags: GDP, GPI, natural capital, Stephen Leahy, United Nations
Leap of Faith Needed on Green Economy
Posted on 16 June 2012 by admin
By Stephen Leahy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 16 (TerraViva) Delegates in Rio will need to take a leap of faith and agree on concepts like the green economy and sustainable development goals without really knowing what they involve, suggest experts on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Continue Reading
Tags: Aterro do Flamengo, Fabiana Frayssinet, Pablo Solón, People's Summit, RÃo de Janeiro
People’s Summit Alive With the Sound of Voices
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 15 (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. Continue Reading
Tags: ambiente, Brasil, Cumbre de los Pueblos, Fabiana Frayssinet, indÃgenas, Pablo Solón, Rádio Cúpula, RÃo de Janeiro, Rio+20
Cumbre de los Pueblos comienza a afinar sus voces
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
Por Fabiana Frayssinet
RÃO DE JANEIRO, 15 jun (TerraViva) – Perdido como el resto entre la multitud frente a la imponente bahÃa de Guanabara, el lÃder indÃgena Apolinario, de la selva amazónica brasileña, hizo de guÃa improvisado en el primer dÃa de la Cumbre de los Pueblos, en RÃo de Janeiro. Continue Reading
Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, Gente de Valor, Mario Osava, Nordeste
BRASIL: Pequenas ações animam a agricultura familiar do semiárido
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
Por Mario Osava, enviado especial
RIBEIRA DO POMBAL, Brasil, 14 jun (IPS/TerraViva) “Antes eu tocava fogo pra espantar as abelhas, que não deixavam trabalharâ€, recorda o agricultor Antonio Ribeiro da Cruz, de 61 anos. “Elas continuam brabas, mas hoje são amigasâ€, reconheceu. Continue Reading
Tags: Cúpula da Terra, Rio+20
MANIFESTANTE SOLITÃRIO
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
A morte ameaça a vida na Terra. “É preciso preservar o planetaâ€, diz Nelson de Souza, da Fundação Ecobrasil, que veio de São Paulo para alertar os visitantes da Cúpula dos Povos com esta fantasia. Repetiu assim, no primeiro dia do encontro da sociedade civil, a manifestação realizada na Rio-92.
Tags: children, Khaled Mansour, UNICEF
Children Will Live the Future We Are Making
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
By Khaled Mansour*
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 (TerraViva) With more than seven billion people on the planet, the international community should ask in Rio de Janeiro what sustainable development means for the world’s 2.2 billion children. Continue Reading
Tags: Amazonia, CO2
Reforma agrária mais sustentável no Brasil
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
Por FabÃola Ortiz
RÃO DE JANEIRO , 15 jun (TerraViva) – É possÃvel realizar uma reforma agrária sustentável com desmatamento zero na Amazônia? Este é  o desafio que o governo brasileiro tem se lançado nos últimos dois anos.
Tags: ambiente, Bush, Cumbre de la Tierra, desarrollo sostenible, Obama, Rio+20, Thalif Deen
Activistas no lamentan ausencia de Obama en RÃo+20
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
Por Thalif Deen
RÃO DE JANEIRO, Jun (TerraViva) En la Cumbre de la Tierra, celebrada en 1992, el entonces presidente estadounidense George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) respondió duramente a las acusaciones contra su paÃs, uno de los mayores emisores de gases invernadero.
Tags: Poverty-Environment Partnership, Stephen Leahy
Govt Reform Needed if Green Economy Will Serve Poorest
Posted on 15 June 2012 by admin
By Stephen Leahy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 15 (TerraViva) – Poor countries that green their economies will lift millions of their citizens out of poverty and generate higher incomes while protecting invaluable natural ecosystems, says a report released here in Rio Thursday. Continue Reading
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