2012 Special Broadcasts / Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Recovering our Future.
From June 20- 22, 2012, the governments of the world will meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate the 20 years since the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which established for the first time a global agenda for "sustainable development". Social movements from around the world are organizing a Peoples’ Summit parallel to the official meeting, where they will denounce the commodification of nature in the so-called "Green Economy" and will promote alternatives to the advance of capital over natural resources, energy and agriculture.
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3 May 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Basic Rights
Rio+20: Recognition of Mother Earth Rights Would be a Victory of the Indigenous Movement
Tomorrow, Friday 4 May, ends the negotiation round called 'Zero Draft', the base document analyzed as part of the inter-governmental process in the lead-up to the Rio+20 Summit, to be held in Brazil. Read more
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3 May 2012 | Interviews | 5th National Seeds Festival MPA-Brazil | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
The ’X’ Files
Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista (Mr. X) Evicts Communities to Build Giant Port
Threats, deceit, pressure and property speculation are the foundations on which one of the country's wealthiest men, Eike Batista, will build the megaproject Puerto do Acu. Read more
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30 April 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Joint Efforts
Interview with Fernando Costa (Friends of the Earth-Brazil)
Environmental federation Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) has been working hard within the Coordinating group of the Peoples' Summit to be held in parallel to the UN Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in order to agree on common items in the social movements agenda. Read more
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23 April 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
The Appropriation of the Peasant Discourse
“Climate-smart agriculture” at the center of the Rio+20 discussions
Activist Soledad Vogliano, of the Network for a GMO Free Latin America (RALLT), said that agriculture will be one of the key issues at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (known as Rio+20). Read more
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19 April 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Silent Spring Minus 50
Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held in June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will focus on trade and commodification of nature, says Silvia Ribeiro, of ETC Group. Read more
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29 March 2012 | Chronicles | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20 | 3rd Special Conference for Food Sovereignty | Land grabbing
Real Solution
Declaration of the 3rd Special Conference for Food Sovereignty, Rights and Life
On Thursday 29th, the delegation of Social Movements will read a summary of the Declaration after the 3rd Special Conference for Food Sovereignty. The declaration strongly reaffirms Food Sovereignty as a real solution to the food, climate and human rights crises that are affecting the region and the world. Read more
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20 March 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20 | Alternative World Water Forum
Liars?
Attempts to privatize water advance in Marseille: the voices of dissent
The Alternative World Water Forum started on Wednesday in Marseille, France, and gathered social movements and organizations from different parts of the world who work in defense of water as a fundamental human right. Read more
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7 March 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Not Much on Environment
Another Uruguayan perspective towards Rio+20
The World UN Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will serve to “legitimize economic development” policies, which “has been the main aim since Eco 92 around the idea of sustainable development”, warned the president of the Uruguayan Network of Environmentalists NGOs, Miguel Piñeyro. Read more
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6 March 2012 | Interviews | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20
Open Discussion
Uruguayan organizations identify priorities towards UN Summit Rio+20
The First National Meeting of the Civil Society took place on Saturday, in Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay, in the preparatory process towards the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development which will take place in June, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more
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6 March 2012 | News | Peoples’ Summit in Rio+20 | 3rd Special Conference for Food Sovereignty | Land grabbing
Building an Alternative
Conference on agrarian reform and food sovereignty in Buenos Aires
Social movements and organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Buenos Aires from March 22-25 for the 3rd Special Conference for Food Sovereignty, which will take place before the 31st Regional Conference of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Read more
