Latin America
The western South American country of Peru has advised its official negotiators to take an uncompromising stand on mountain issues while deliberations are held at the ongoing Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil.
Peruvian environment minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal told Business Bhutan that Peruvian negotiators have been directed to take “tough positions” on...
Rio de Janeiro. - The diverse climate types in Peru makes necessary that different actions are designed that respond to the climate change effects in the Andes.
That statement was made by Gabriel Quijandría, Vice-minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources from the Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM), in the “Experiences in Climate Change Adaptation Management...
América Latina tiene una gran oportunidad de forjar una economía orientada al desarrollo sostenible. Cuenta con grandes recursos forestales, agrícolas, hídricos y minerales, que han contribuido al crecimiento económico de los países de la región. Pero para hacer una transición exitosa hacia una economía sustentable, se necesita la adopción de nuevas prácticas e inversiones sostenibles.
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APC’s strength lies in the fact that they don’t get excited about the...
In cooperation with UNDP, the Government of Brazil is inviting you to join and contribute to Rio+20 Dialogues on Sustainable Development.
Brazil is convening a Dialogue series with the aim of bringing together civil society, the scientific community and academia to contribute ideas and suggestions on sustainable development. Conclusions and recommendations from the...
Con la colaboración de aliados estratégicos alrededor del mundo, el Gobierno del Perú liderará el Pabellón de Montañas en Río+20 para mostrar a representantes de 191 países y la sociedad civil presente en la Conferencia los avances y logros hacia el desarrollo sostenible en regiones de montaña.
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With the collaboration of strategic international partners, the Government of Peru is leading the organization of the Mountain Pavilion at Rio+20. The initiative aims to showcase achievements and progress towards sustainable development in mountain regions to representatives of 191 countries and civil society present at the conference.
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Leaving Lima, en route to the upper Cañete basin, we passed through some of the bleakest landscapes imaginable – mining towns like La Oroya, described by Time Magazine as one of the world’s most polluted places, where the average lead level is three times the...
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The sustainable provision of ecosystem services (ES) in and from mountain regions is of crucial importance to an array of stakeholders and society in general. Mountain ecosystems can only continue to provide all these services in a rapidly changing world if a wide array of ES is considered in forest management at local,...
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