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          Terraviva: World Summit on Sustainable Development - Johannesburg
  
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Nairobi's
'Flying Toilets'
 Tip of an Iceberg

In Kibera, Africa's largest slum, between 500,000 to 750,000 people live overcrowded and in danger. Most of them lack latrines so they put put their waste in a polythene bag and throw it on to the nearest roof or pathway. The bags are called ‘scud missiles’ or ‘flying toilets’.

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’Die of Hunger Now or Eat and Die Later’

Genetically modified (GM) crops raise ethical dilemma. In accepting GM food aid from the United States, Zimbabwe may be putting its agriculture in danger. Technologies may have a damaging effect in Africa, experts explain.

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A Sign of Things to Come?
Slo-Mo Talks Precede Summit

Two days of pre-summit negotiations this past weekend have yielded little headway on the final draft plan of action

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EAST ASIA: Real Action Needed, Not Another Document

East Asia's track record in achieving the goals set out at the U.N. summit in Rio varies. It ranges from strengths in some areas, such as broad government support in achieving some of the goals, to clear shortfalls, such as lack of funding.
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''The picture looks impressive on paper but governments are not striving to implement their programmes.''
Jiragorn Gajaseni. Greenpeace.

From Rio to Johannesburg, a Lost Opportunity

The big hopes left by the 1992 Earth Summit in Latin America turned into dispair. After the illusions, the continent’s mirror is now Argentina, not long ago the best student at the school of neoliberal economic policies. The Summit torch will pass to Africa with the bitter sensation of having lost an opportunity. 

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A Touch of ''Green'' Electricity

In keeping with the theme, some of the main venues hosting the World Summit will use environment-friendly ''green'' electricity during the summit.

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A NEW CODE OF
CO-EXISTENCE

Ten years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro a commitment was made to slow and reverse the degradation of the environment and to redistribute power, resources, and opportunity within and between countries.

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