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

13 août, 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 island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Members of Protect the Forest are actively taking part in the struggle against the plans for a lime quarry in the area, and the organization encourages others to take part in the protests. The logging attempts have been held off for a week …

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‘Cheering-up’ Reflections on Rio+20

8 août, 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 juil., 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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 juin, 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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Informe del Grupo de Articulación Internacional de la Cumbre de los Pueblos por Justicia Social y Ambiental por la Unidad y la Movilización de los Pueblos en Defensa de La Vida y los Bienes Comunes, la Justicia Social y Ambiental, Contra la Mercantilización De La Naturaleza Y La “Economía Verde”

22 mai, 2012

(tomado de http://cupuladospovos.org.br/es/2012/05/lo-que-esta-en-juego-en-rio20/) A un mes de la conferencia de Naciones Unidas Río+20, los pueblos del mundo no vemos resultados positivos del proceso de negociación que se está realizando en la…

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Media Release: International Environmental Organizations Condemn IKEA’s Logging of Old-growth Forests in Russia

16 mai, 2012

The Swedish-owned international furniture retailer, IKEA, is logging old-growth forests and other high conservation value forests in Russian Karelia[1] through its subsidiary Swedwood. A petition has been launched by Swedish NGO…

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