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Farmers’ militant actions victoriously shut down the bioethanol plant – Demanding the EcoFuel to immediately vacate their land

30 Aug, 2012

August 30, 2012 Manila, PHILIPPINES – In a joint statement today, the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Danggayan dagiti Mannalon ti Isabela (DAGAMI-Isabela), said that because of the farmers’ militant actions the Bio-ethanol plant was victoriously shut down in San Mariano town in the province of Isabela in northeastern Philippines. At the forefront of the bio-ethanol project is Green Future Innovations Inc. that put up a 54– million liter ethanol plant in San Mariano amounting to $120 million …

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Missing the Woods for the Trees?

27 Aug, 2012

(a commentary on the recent debates around ecotourism) cross-posted from EQUATIONS August 2012 Ecotourism is increasingly being seen as a driver for the eradication of poverty through economic development of communities,…

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The government has taken sides in the struggle to save the Ojnare forest (Sweden)

13 Aug, 2012

(cross-posted) Press release from Protect the Forest 2012-08- 13 The organization Protect the Forest criticizes the government for their implicit support for the destruction of the Ojnare forest, on the…

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‘Cheering-up’ Reflections on Rio+20

8 Aug, 2012

Rio 92 was first and foremost a classical deal between the South committing to some concrete sustainable development actions and the North committing to provide financial and technological support for…

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TIPNIS UPDATES: What is Going on in Evo’s Plurinational State?

6 Jul, 2012

One week has passed, and the ghost of the Coup has disappeared, and is a week since the IX Indigenous March in Defense of TIPNIS started a vigil at the…

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RIO+20: From the Future We Want to the Future We Need Women’s Major Group Final Statement on the Outcomes of Rio+20

29 Jun, 2012

The Women’s Major Group (WMG), representing 200 civil society women’s organizations from all around the world, is greatly disappointed in the results of the Rio+20 conference. We believe that the…

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Sustainable Energy for All Initiative – Energy expansion at any cost − Reflections on the UN “Sustainable Energy for All Day, 20th June –

21 Jun, 2012

According to Chad Holliday, Chair of the Bank of America and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SEFA) is “the greatest public-private partnership of all” – approaching $50…

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Rio+20 agrees on outcome document

20 Jun, 2012

Admittedly I am totally surprised, but despite the tremendous chaos at this conference here the Governments at Rio+20 here seem to have all agreed on the attached outcome document yesterday,…

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4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day – Promoting the “Cerrado [agribusiness] model”

20 Jun, 2012

“Land grab may work well for everybody and must not be rejected with knee-jerk reactions.” – Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and CGIAR Fund Council Chair…

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Press Release: GMO Trees and the Green Economy: Green Deserts for All?

19 Jun, 2012

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–While the highly controversial “Sustainable Energy for All” initiative [1] is underway today at Energy Day at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the international STOP GE…

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Women’s Major Group Members at Rio+20 Call for End to Nuclear Power and Support for Safe Energy at Rio+20

19 Jun, 2012

Rio de Janeiro (June 18): Only two days before the official opening of the United Nations 20th Anniversary Conference of the 1992 “Earth Summit”, representatives from the Women’s Major Group…

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Cumbre de la Tierra Rio+20 Intoxicada

18 Jun, 2012

Cerca de 50,000 personas se reúnen en Rio de Janeiro 20 años después de la primera Cumbre de la Tierra realizada en 1992. Es importante resaltar la importancia de este…

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Is the G20 taking over the Earth Summit agenda?

17 Jun, 2012

Cross-posted from GJEP's blog climateconnections.org Press statement by the Civil Society Facilitating Committee of the Rio+20 Peoples’ Summit, June 16, 2012:  It’s no coincidence that the G20 summit is taking…

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Asia Pacific women demand States’ commitment to gender equality and women’s rights – The future women want!

15 Jun, 2012

Women from Asia Pacific region call for all stakeholders’ commitment to gender equality and women’s rights in four key areas as basis for sustainable development. The purple scarves are the…

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Green Economy: in the light of climate negotiations

14 Jun, 2012

Since a couple of years ago, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is proposing to the world a new economic paradigm, known today as “Green Economy”. Since 2009, this program…

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Staking claim to our future: Women in Sustainable Development

14 Jun, 2012

(cross-posted) RIO DE JANEIRO (JUNE 13)- It is now the final countdown to Rio+20, the Conference on Sustainable Development, taking place next week in Rio de Janeiro. Over 20,000 people…

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Media Release: Civil Society Groups Denounce Sustainable Energy for All Initiative promoted at Rio+20 Earth Summit

12 Jun, 2012

As the final negotiations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 conference get underway in Rio de Janeiro, almost 50 civil society groups have published an Open letter denouncing…

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