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In an article published by IBASE, Jose Correa explores the current crisis of civilisation and the socio-political reconfigurations needed to address the environmental challenges ahead.
The illusion in 1992 that capitalism could help solve the environmental crisis has gone, say Isabela Fraga and Monike Mar. Now civil society, gathered in Rio, knows that it has got to come up with its own solutions.
President Dilma Rousseff's alternative proposal for the forest code weakens forest protection, say environmentalists.
Vía Campesina, the world-wide peasant organisation, argues that the 'green economy' is interested in profit, not people.
On the eve of Rio+20, former environment minister Marina Silva expresses her frustration at the government's environmetal policies
The Red Muqui, which monitors extractive industries in Peru, says there are exciting alternatives to the current dirty and socially unjust mining model.
Decentralised electricity generation could reduce costs and avoid damaging the environment.