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Ciencia aporta instrumentos a la agroforestería

Posted on 23 June 2012 by admin

Por Diana Cariboni

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 23 jun (TerraViva) La investigación y el desarrollo de sistemas agroforestales son una apuesta a la sostenibilidad de la agricultura en zonas vulnerables, como América Central. Continue Reading

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Weak Rio+20 Agreement Anticipates New Noah’s Ark

Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin

Fabiana Frayssinet

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 (TerraViva) – The downpour that fell Friday in this Brazilian city was nature’s warning to the heads of state meeting at the Rio+20 summit. The generation of Noe (Noah), an environmentalist’s son who will be born a month from now, will have to save biodiversity that is more complex than that of his Biblical namesake.

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Cumbre sin acuerdos anticipa nueva arca de Noé

Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 22 jun (TerraViva) El diluvio que cayó este viernes 22 en esta ciudad brasileña fue una advertencia de la naturaleza a los gobernantes presentes en Río+20. La generación de Noé, hijo de una ambientalista que nacerá dentro de un mes, tendrá que salvar una biodiversidad más compleja que la de su antecesor bíblico. Continue Reading

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La obesidad es tan mala como la superpoblación

Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin

Por Julio Godoy * – TerraViva

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 22 jun (TerraViva)  El consumo excesivo y la obesidad, sobre todo en los países industrializados, amenazan no solo la salud de los individuos, sino también la misma sostenibilidad dela Tierra, alerta un estudio presentado en la conferencia Río+20. Continue Reading

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Climate Refugees – Today’s New Reality

Posted on 22 June 2012 by admin

Fabíola Ortiz

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 (TerraViva) The continued exodus of Somalis to Kenya and Ethiopia has fuelled the debate on a new issue of global concern: climate refugees, driven from their homes and across borders by extreme weather events.

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Sociedad civil frustrada por “completo fracaso”

Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin

Por Amantha Perera y Claudia Ciobanu

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 21 jun (TerraViva)  El resultado de Río+20 hasta ahora es un fiasco para las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG), que rechazaron el documento final negociado por los gobiernos. Continue Reading

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Las otras voces de Río+20

Posted on 21 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RÍO DE JANEIRO, 21 jun (TerraViva) En las manifestaciones que marcaron la jornada inaugural de Río+20, el desagrado general con el resultado de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible se abrió en un abanico de reclamos, expresividad y culturas. Continue Reading

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Una cobaya agroecológica en Brasil

Posted on 20 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

SEROPÉDICA, Brasil, 20 jun (TerraViva) Una hacienda agroecológica integrada funciona como centro de experimentación para científicos y técnicos brasileños, empeñados desde hace 20 años en demostrar que es posible obtener frutos de la tierra de forma barata, eficiente y sin perjudicar el ambiente ni la salud humana. Continue Reading

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Are you ready to Connect4Climate?

Posted on 20 June 2012 by admin

By Sabina Zaccaro

In the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 17) in Durban, South Africa last December, the World Bank Connect4Climate social media campaign launched a photo and video contest on climate change.

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TerraViva, the Inconvenient Witness

Posted on 20 June 2012 by admin

By Roberto Savio*

The 1992 Earth Summit was one of the great moments of collective optimism. Maurice Strong of Canada, who founded the U.N. Environment Programme, managed to move on three fronts simultaneously. First, the customary one, was to call together the heads of state.

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