AMAZON BASIN: ENERGY WITHOUT DESTRUCTION
Wind and solar energy are much better ways of generating energy in the Amazon basin than the present plan for 150 large hydroelectric power stations, says Pedro Bara Neto, from WWF, in an interview with LAB.
“LULA AND DILMA HAVE PILLAGED THE AMAZON,” SAYS BISHOP
Bishop Erwin Kräutler, bishop of Xingu since 1980, decries the marginalisation of the indians and other Amazon communities, saying that Brazil is a 'civilian dictatorship'.
THE PEOPLES SUMMIT: ANOTHER AGENDA
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.
BOLIVIA: SECOND TIPNIS MARCH NEARS LA PAZ
Protest against the proposed road continues. Dario Kenner reports from Bolivia.
BRAZIL: DILMA’S “POISONOUS PROPOSAL”
President Dilma Rousseff's alternative proposal for the forest code weakens forest protection, say environmentalists.
“BUSINESS AS USUAL WON’T DO” AT RIO+20
Leading NGOs and trade unions offer an alternative agenda for sustainable development.
PEASANT AGRICULTURE IS THE ANSWER
Vía Campesina, the world-wide peasant organisation, argues that the 'green economy' is interested in profit, not people.
BRAZIL: “ACCELERATED PROCESS OF REVERSE”
On the eve of Rio+20, former environment minister Marina Silva expresses her frustration at the government's environmetal policies
PERU: WAYS OF MAKING MINING MORE SUSTAINABLE
The Red Muqui, which monitors extractive industries in Peru, says there are exciting alternatives to the current dirty and socially unjust mining model.
BRAZIL: TIME FOR SOLAR ENERGY
Decentralised electricity generation could reduce costs and avoid damaging the environment.