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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 The 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day was held on 18th June, hosted by Embrapa (Brazil’s public-sector agricultural research company) and CGIAR, a World Bank funding body for agricultural research. Previous such days, which coincided with climate COPs, served to rally political and financial support for the controversial concept of …

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Going beyond Price and Seeking the Multiple Values of Biodiversity

9 mai, 2012

Many still believe that huge financial “investments” are needed for the “conservation” of biological resources, as shown with the subsidies…

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About Perversities and Other People’s Money

7 mai, 2012

Written from SBSTTA-16 in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday, 2nd May, 2012 (originally published in ECO-the newsletter of the CBD Alliance)…

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Los Agrocombustibles Agudizan el Cambio Climático y la Inequidad

12 avr., 2012

Los agrocombustibles son una propuesta que toma fuerza como formula para enfrentar el cambio climático y garantizar la transición hacia…

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First Impressions from the Preparatory Meetings for Rio+20

4 avr., 2012

Returning from the UN headquarters in New York, after attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, informal- informal consultations…

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Confused Climate Solutions (CCS)

6 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – If ordinary people are struggling to understand what is going on in the COP17 Climate Change…

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The Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD)

4 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – This was the third such ARDD day – the first was during the Copenhagen COP, and…

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Workshop on Agriculture and Soils with African Peasant Communities: the Biochar ‘fiasco’ in Cameroon

3 déc., 2011

Today – in the “People’s Space” at the University of Kwazulu, in conjunction with the UNFCCC COP17, a workshop on…

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COP17 for Dummies

2 déc., 2011

Durban, South Africa – Around 16,000 people have gathered this year at the Convention Center in Durban to discuss around the…

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Reflections from the Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

10 oct., 2011

By Simone Lovera on 13/Sep/2011 Until now the discussions have been pretty interesting here at the regional preparatory meeting for…

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In Memoriam: Environmentalist Ricardo Carrere

18 août, 2011

The following is a message from the Chair of GFC, Fiu Mataese Elisara: “August 16th will be remembered as a sad…

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