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Africa: Progress Is Happening At Rio+20 - Just Not in the Negotiations
AlertNet, 21 June 2012
It was perhaps predictable that a U.N.-led effort to find solutions to the world's most pressing problems - climate change, water scarcity, deforestation, looming food shortages,… Read more »
Africa: Partnerships Key at Rio+20
As proceedings draw to a close at the latest global sustainability summit, delegates have noted that little progress has been made, while others note that some hope lies in the exchange of fresh ideas and new partnerships.
Zuhura is a community health worker and works to document and improve sanitation conditions in Nairobi.
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The Aspen Institute, 20 June 2012
In response to the virtual removal of the right to family planning services from the agenda of Rio+20 negotiators, a high-profile group of former presidents and prime ministers,… Read more »
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Tanzania: Minister Touts Green Economy at Earth Summit
Daily News, 22 June 2012
SOUTHERN Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) is an investment blue print targeting to take the country to a sustainable green economy. Read more »
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Africa: Rio+20 - Big Role for Small Farms
This is Africa, 19 June 2012
Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, writes for This is Africa on the central role of smallholder farmers in the sustainability… Read more »
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Africa: Rio+20 - Expectations High As Negotiations Close
Daily Trust, 21 June 2012
Expectations to produce a strong outcome document at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) are still high even as negotiators have only one more to… Read more »
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Africa: No Sustainable Development Without Eradication of Hunger and Extreme Poverty
FAO, 20 June 2012
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and Bioversity International have issued… Read more »
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Africa: How We Can Make Progress On Forests At Rio+20
AlertNet, 20 June 2012
When it comes to the fate of forests, Rio+20 and the official negotiations risk becoming a side event. Instead, the main show is playing out in countless boardrooms, communities,… Read more »
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Africa: Rio+20 Must Commit to Sustainable Solutions for Healthcare
AlertNet, 20 June 2012
Solar panels at Berbera Hospital in Somaliland Read more »
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Africa: Speaking Out At Rio+20
OSISA, 20 June 2012
As the world's attention focusses on Rio De Janeiro for the United Nations Conference On Sustainable Development, popularly known as Rio+20, Africa's indigenous peoples are making… Read more »
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Friends of the Earth, 19 June 2012
On June 22 Friends of the Earth International chair Nnimmo Bassey will meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and deliver a civil society statement denouncing the corporate… Read more »
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Africa: Women and Sustainability - Fact Sheets and Articles for Rio+20
Worldwatch Institute, 19 June 2012
Nourishing the Planet is collaborating with Women Deliver to highlight the important role of women, youth, and reproductive and sexual rights in sustainable development at the… Read more »
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Zambia: Sata to Address Rio UN Conference
Times of Zambia, 21 June 2012
PRESIDENT Michael Sata will today address the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development which opened yesterday. Read more »
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Zambia: Rio+20 With a Difference
Times of Zambia, 20 June 2012
TODAY starts a major United Nations(UN) sustainable development conference aimed at stepping up efforts to achieve concrete decisions to reduce poverty while promoting decent jobs,… Read more »
