Ten years of the Biological Diversity Act
As India plays host to the Convention on Biological Diversity's 11th Conference of the Parties in Hyderabad in October 2012, this article takes a closer look at the country's legislation on the subject
Rio Summit
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The future we want: outcome of RIO+20 conference
The document provides the full text of 53 pages final outcome document of Rio+20 Conference adopted on June 22, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, released during United Nations Conference on Sustainable
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Water under pressure
A UN analysis sets out global water-management concerns ahead of Earth Summit.
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100 countries back world environment agency
More than a hundred countries now support a French proposal to create a ‘World Environment Organisation’ at the upcoming 20th anniversary conference of the Rio Summit, France’s ecology minister said on
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India opposes UN panel’s ‘back door’ for green caps
Report Also Breaches Firewall Between Rich & Poor. A high-profile panel of the United Nation Secretary General (UNSG) on Global Sustainability has recommended that the world adopt sustainable development
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Natural capital accounting — The need for informed policies
Environment Matters interviews Glenn-Marie Lange, program leader, WAVES, and team leader, Policy and Economics, at the World Bank’s Environment Department, on the progress made in establishing global accounting
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The Rio declaration on environment and development: an assessment
In 1992 the historic UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, popularly known as the Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil witnessed unprecedented political will and commitment among
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Our planet, our health, our future - human health and the Rio Conventions: biological diversity, climate change and desertification
The WHO has published a discussion paper on the linkages between health and biodiversity, climate change and desertification, the representation of health in the three Rio Conventions, and the opportunities
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Keeping track of our changing environment: from Rio to Rio+20 (1992-2012)
<p>The environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years are spotlighted in a new compilation of statistical data by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released in a report
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PM in Pretoria for Ibsa Summit, to Focus on Economy
Eurozone crisis, UN reforms likely to top the agenda of fifth summit of India, Brazil and South Africa The rapidly deteriorating global economic outlook, especially the near-crisis situation in the Eurozone,
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Sustainable development in India: stocktaking in the run up to Rio+20
<p><span id="itro1">This new <a href="../../category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef" target="_parent">MoEF</a> report documents India’s evolving framework for sustainable development