Rousbeh Legatis interviews NAVANETHEM PILLAY, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 14 (IPS/TerraViva) – Human rights should be explicitly recognised as an indispensable ingredient of sustainable development at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, says Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Continue Reading

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 14 jun (TerraViva) La última etapa de las negociaciones para elaborar el documento oficial de Río+20 comenzó con un primer resultado: avances en la propuesta de los países emergentes de implementar un fondo global de financiamiento para el desarrollo sostenible de 30.000 millones de dólares anuales. Continue Reading

Mario Osava, enviado especial

Jeremoabo, Brasil, 14/6/2012 (IPS/TerraViva) Muitos cultivam alface, tomate, cenoura, beterraba e outros vegetais, mas é o coentro a decoração constante nas hortas que ajudam famílias camponesas a suportarem a prolongada seca que novamente afeta a região Nordeste do Brasil. Continue Reading

Fabíola Ortiz

Rio de Janeiro, 13/6/2012 (TerraViva) Após 20 anos da Rio92, a Conferência das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a Rio+20, começou nesta quarta-feira, dia 13 de Junho, no Rio de Janeiro com o desafio de discutir as lições aprendidas há duas décadas e as tarefas que vão orientar as negociações para se chegar a uma declaração em prol do desenvolvimento sustentável, com aplicações concretas. Continue Reading

IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen Interviews FLAVIA PANSIERI, Executive Coordinator of UN Volunteers

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS/TerraViva) – When the Rio+20 summit gets underway in Brazil next week, the estimated 50,000 to 60,000 participants will not only include world leaders, government delegates and U.N. staffers but also a staggering array of activists from the far corners of the world. Continue Reading

Isabelle de Grave interviews MICHELE BACHELET, Executive Director of UN Women

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS/TerraViva) Unlocking women’s energies and allowing them to become drivers of change could fuel the motor of sustainable development. Continue Reading

Sabina Zaccaro interviews CARLOS SERÉ of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 13 (TerraViva) Over the centuries, smallholders have learned to adjust to environmental changes and climate variability. But the climate is now changing too fast and intensely for farmers’ capacity to adapt. Continue Reading

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 12 jun (IPS/TerraViva) El rol de América Latina como proveedor mundial de materias primas, en expansión por la creciente demanda de alimentos y minerales, conlleva un alto costo ambiental. Activistas y expertos entienden que el dilema es buscar nuevas formas de producción o sustituir el actual modelo exportador. Continue Reading

By Coralie Tripier

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) The high seas, crucial regions of the world’s oceans that are beyond national jurisdiction, account for 45 percent of the planet, but are today under severe threat from overfishing and pollution. Continue Reading

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS/TerraViva) – The thematic battle at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Brazil next week will be primarily around the new concept of a “green economy” – and how best to define it. Continue Reading