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Jardim Gramacho dump is being transformed

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 25 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

One of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have made a living sorting through the debris by hand, closes this weekend after 34 years in malodorous service. Long a symbol of ill-conceived urban planning and environmental negligence, Rio...

A Call to Preserve Biodiversity in Rio

Posted by Angel on Monday, 11 June 2012 in Sustainable Development

An estimated 9 million species of living things inhabit the Earth — plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms such as algae and bacteria. But those species are disappearing at an alarming rate, and this loss of biodiversity appears to be a major driver of environmental changes that can af...

Memo to Rio+20: 'green economy' doesn't mean monetising nature

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 31 May 2012 in General Environment

by Hannah Griffiths Official support for marketising nature to stop its destruction means the practical action at Rio+20 will be at People's summit The 1992 Rio Earth summit established "sustainable development" firmly in the global political lexicon – even though the term meant, and continues to ...

Rio Dialogues Part I: WHY Should I Even Care?

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 31 May 2012 in General Environment

by Elischia Fludd In the big lead up to Rio+20, the community concerned about sustainable development is all a-buzz. There is talk of PrepCom, side-events and dialogues at the Rio+20 conference. Despite all the momentum, critics note that the level of civil society input lacks luster. There must be...

Rio+20 Summit Planning is not going well

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 11 May 2012 in General Environment

The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke. U.S. President Barack Obama likely won't be there, and the leaders of Britain and Germany have bowed out. The entire European Parliament delega...