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Compromiso voluntario de reforestaci贸n en preocupante rezago

Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin

Por Fab铆ola Ortiz

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 jun (TerraViva)聽 El mundo se comprometi贸 hasta ahora a restaurar solo 18 millones de hect谩reas de bosques para 2020, lo que corresponde a apenas 12 por ciento de la meta de 150 millones de hect谩reas acordada en el Desaf铆o de Bonn, del a帽o pasado. Continue Reading

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Di谩logos para el Desarrollo Sostenible dividen a participantes

Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin

Por Clarinha Glock * – TerraViva

R脥O DE JANEIRO, 19 jun (TerraViva) Anunciada como una innovaci贸n para promover la participaci贸n de internautas y de la poblaci贸n civil en los debates y como parte de la programaci贸n oficial de R铆o+20, la propuesta de los Di谩logos para el Desarrollo Sostenible tambi茅n genera dudas sobre el futuro de sus recomendaciones. Continue Reading

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Novo par芒metro econ么mico inclui “capital natural”

Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin

Por Julio Godoy

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 de junho (TerraViva) Incorporar uma valoriza莽茫o monet谩ria da natureza no Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) 茅 um passo essencial para uma pol铆tica global de desenvolvimento sustent谩vel, segundo legisladores e cientistas reunidos nesta cidade brasileira que se prepara para a c煤pula Rio+20.

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Boff: A vida 茅 o sagrado da Carta da Terra

Posted on 19 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 de junho (TerraViva) Leonardo Boff n茫o gosta de falar da Carta da Terra como se fosse uma nova B铆blia. Contudo, o documento, que segundo o te贸logo brasileiro 茅 o 鈥渕ais belo do S茅culo 21鈥, resgata um car谩ter sagrado: a salva莽茫o da vida. Continue Reading

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Compromissos de reflorestas alcan莽am 12% das 谩reas verdes

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por Fab铆ola Ortiz

RIO DE JANEIRO, 18 Junho (TerraViva) 鈥 O mundo se comprometeu at茅 agora a restaurar apenas 18 milh玫es de hectares de florestas at茅 2020, o que corresponde a apenas 12% da meta de 150 milh玫es de hectares acordada no Desafio de Bonn, na Alemanha, em 2011.

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Mulheres foram 脿s ruas por seus direitos

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por Clarinha Glock

聽RIO DE JANEIRO, junho 18 (TerraViva) – Enfeitada com um colar de penas e carregando um cartaz escrito 脿 m茫o, Rosenilda Candido, 38 anos, ind铆gena do grupo Terena, mostrou por que veio da aldeia Bananal, em Aquidauana, no Mato Grosso do Sul, ao Rio de Janeiro para integrar-se 脿 C煤pula dos Povos. Continue Reading

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Capital natural se abre paso en el mundo financiero

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Por Fabiana Frayssinet * – TerraViva

R脥O DE JANEIRO, 18 jun (IPS) Responsables del sector financiero de varios pa铆ses asumieron el compromiso de incorporar el concepto capital natural en sus productos y servicios para defender un patrimonio que, seg煤n entienden, necesita un precio para impedir m谩s devastaci贸n. Continue Reading

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UN, People鈥檚 Summit Clash over Green Economy

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Fabiana Frayssinet

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) – U.N. Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner believes that he and the Rio+20 People鈥檚 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.

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The Two Faces of BRICS Development Aid

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

Fabiana Frayssinet

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) face a key choice: to opt for 鈥済ood鈥 development aid, based on sustainable development, or for the 鈥渂ad鈥 old traditional model, which they criticised when they were its recipients.

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In Africa, Renewables Light Up the Darkness

Posted on 18 June 2012 by admin

By Julio Godoy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 18 (TerraViva) 鈥 Mammoth summits such as Rio+20 can easily degenerate into confections of hot air, settings for useless sing-alongs. Continue Reading

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