The unofficial record of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development. An IPS-Inter Press Service independent publication.

IPS - Inter Press Service
          Terraviva: World Summit on Sustainable Development - Johannesburg
  
Past issues
Johannesburg, 27 August, 2002.  

 

 

United Nations Radio

 

Terra Viva is an independent publication of IPS-Inter Press Service. The opinions expressed in Terra Viva do not necessarily reflect the editorial views of IPS nor the official position of any of its sponsors.


IPS gratefully acknowledges the financial support received for this publication from:

Commonwealth Foundation
Population Reference Bureau
HIVOS
IPGRI
World Bank
Tierramerica
UNEP
UNDP
Global Cooperation Council



Chop Agricultural Subsidies, Say World Bank and NGOs

The best contribution the developed world can make to sustainable development is to reduce their one-billion-dollar a day payout in agricultural subsidies, say the World Bank and non-governmental organisations.

"Reducing agricultural subsidies is the single most important area where rich countries can do something," says Ian Goldin, World Bank director for Development Policy..

See complete story


Closed Door Sessions Vex NGOs - Negotiations Shift to Backdoor Deals

With negotiations on the WSSD plan of action heading towards a possible dead-end, delegates are feverishly trying to resolve some of the disputed issues in informal consultations and contact groups.

See complete story


Women Outline Vision of the Future

Sharp. Reflective. Fiery. This was the panel comprising more than half a dozen veterans of the Women's Action Agenda 21, the platform which insisted on the inclusion of gender perspectives in the official agreement of the 1992 Rio Summit.

 The women launched a five-point agenda on the opening day of the Johannesburg Summit..

See complete story

FAO Warns of the Starving Masses

As the Word Summit on Sustainable Development got underway yesterday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that "a large scale humanitarian crisis" looms in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, with 13 million people in need of emergency food aid.
See complete story 



Greenwashing Awards Unearth the Dirt

Greenwashing is the fine art of socially and environmentally destructive corporations attempting to preserve and expand their markets by posing as friends of the environment and leaders in the struggle to eradicate poverty. It is when companies spend more on the public relations events around their environment and social investment programmes, than they do on the projects themselves, explains the Earth Summit Business Academy - producers of the Green Oscars.

See complete story

Mandela No Show Disappoints Thousands

Five thousand people turned up at the main convention hall yesterday to hear former president Nelson Mandela speak at the opening ceremony of the NGO Forum, but many left disappointed when he pulled a no-show..

 See complete story 

Gov’t/Multinationals Collusion Harm Environment and Citizens

As the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) gets underway in South Africa, India, a country of over a billion people, can report little but the gross failure of its best-known environment movements.

These range from the movements campaigning against large dams, to those warning of the dangers of allowing cultivation of genetically modified products, to the 18-year-old struggle by activists to seek justice, rehabilitation and care in the wake of the Bhopal disaster, the world's biggest industrial tragedy. .

 See complete story 

SUBSCRIBE!
Enter your email address to receive news updates!
 
"Audio Files"

Published Stories