The water resource management system in Brazil, decentralized and participative, has been attracting the interest of participants at the meeting, in Turkey, which brought together 20,000 people.
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The per capita volume of renewable water resources is decreasing in the Arab countries due to population growth. As a consequence, the region is implementing desalination and reuse projects.
The country will present its system for participative management of water basins at the World Water Forum, this month, in Turkey. Some 150 countries, among them the Arab ones, will be represented.
The United Nations and the Brazilian government will inaugurate, in April, three centres for recovery of CFC gases, which destroy the ozone layer.
The meeting, promoted by Ethos Institute, in São Paulo, should discuss the transformation necessary to build a fairer and more sustainable global economy.
Rio de Janeiro and five Arab cities are going to participate in a global event, called the Earth Hour, for the environment. They are going to turn their lights out for one hour on March 28th.
Two the Ministry for Social Development and Hunger Alleviation programs should be implemented in the Latin-American country. Secretary Crispim Moreira should go on a mission to the country this week.
Curitiba should have the first organic product market of Brazil, including snack bars, greengrocers, restaurant, butcher, more handicraft shops, cosmetics, garments and vegetables.
Tunisian representatives of the Arab Institute of Business Managers are in São Paulo to learn about corporate governance. The aim: to establish an institute in the country following Brazil’s example.
Brazil had an opportunity to present its biofuels industry at the World Future Energy Summit. Masdar group demonstrated interest in the technology.
The Cocajupi, comprised of nine cooperatives and 485 members, all of them small cashew nut farmers, is undergoing a process of fair trade certification in order to conquer the foreign market.
Brasília – The ECO 2008 Global Environment Conference started today (29th) in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The opening ceremony took place today at 8:30 am, at the National Museum of the Cultural Bloc of the Republic, in the Ministerial Area of the city. Up until Friday (31st), discussions will be held on topics such
The conference should bring together suppliers, investors, heads of state and renewable energy specialists from all over the world to discuss the future of energy production on the planet.
Use of forestry firewood transformed Araripe gypsum hub, in the state of Pernambuco, into an example of sustainability. Responsible for 95% of Brazilian gypsum production, the hub seeks new markets.
