Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs: Integrated Coastal Management Act has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 World Future...

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EKOLOGISTEN TEKIJÖIDEN VAIKUTUS KIINAN KANSANTALOUDEN KEHITYKSEEN Kiinasta povataan seuraavaa johtavaa maailmanvaltaa. Tämä kiinnostaa monia ulkomaisia yrityksiä ja monet hamuavatkin Kiinan markkinoille. Kiina on väkiluvultaan maailman suurin valtio, jossa on 1,3 miljardia asukasta. Maan talous on kasvanut nopeasti jopa maailmanlaajuisen talouskriisin aikana. Siksi monet olettavat, että Kiina kasvavine voimaresursseineen syrjäyttää Yhdysvallat johtavana maailmanvaltana. Kaupungistuminen Kiinan suurin [...]Ekologisten Kiinan is a post from: EconSpire



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EKOLOGISTEN TEKIJÖIDEN VAIKUTUS KIINAN KANSANTALOUDEN KEHITYKSEEN Kiinasta povataan seuraavaa johtavaa maailmanvaltaa. Tämä kiinnostaa monia ulkomaisia yrityksiä ja monet hamuavatkin Kiinan markkinoille. Kiina on väkiluvultaan maailman suurin valtio, jossa on 1,3 miljardia asukasta. Maan talous on kasvanut nopeasti jopa maailmanlaajuisen talouskriisin aikana. Siksi monet olettavat, että Kiina kasvavine voimaresursseineen syrjäyttää Yhdysvallat johtavana maailmanvaltana. Kaupungistuminen Kiinan suurin [...]Ekologisten Kiinan is a post from: Finland in One



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Tribal rights campaigners today targeted a London exhibition celebrating Brazil’s cultural heritage ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics, to highlight the plight of ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe.’

Visitors attending ‘Casa Brasil’ at London’s iconic Somerset House are being handed leaflets by Survival International explaining the devastating effects illegal logging is having on Brazil’s Awá tribe.

The urgency of the situation was compounded earlier this week by news of a government investigation, which discovered illegal loggers working less than six kilometres away from an Awá community.

Survival International’s Director Stephen Corry explained, ‘Casa Brasil is a celebration of the country’s artistic talent and diverse culture – a culture that is enriched by its many indigenous and tribal peoples. Brazil has the might and influence to host the Olympic games, but can it save the most vulnerable of its tribes from destruction?’

Survival launched its campaign to ‘Save Earth’s most threatened tribe’ over 100 days ago, with the help of Oscar-winning film star Colin Firth.

Since then, more than 32,000 people have written to Brazil’s Justice Minister urging him to do more to protect the Awá’s land, which suffers the fastest rate of deforestation of any indigenous territory in the Amazon.

The Awá say the situation is urgent: ‘We don’t want to see the illegal loggers destroying our forest. Send them away; we want our land to be completely ours, for our own use. Help us as fast as you can.’

Speaking to Survival, one visitor said, ‘I’m here to learn more about Brazil. I’d never heard of the Awá, but now I’m aware of the problems they face, I’d like to help.’

The tribe’s plight has already reached the UK Parliament, with 35 MPs urging Brazil to end the invasions of Awá land, in the northeastern state of Maranhão.

Durban - Progress being made by African countries with regards to civil registration and vital statistics will be assessed and decisions made on the way forward when African ministers meet on Thursday.

Home Affairs Minister and chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said that in addition to monitoring progress, ministers and delegates at the 2nd Civil Registration and Vital Statistics conference would also ensure that all the countries were moving in the same direction.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, ahead of the start of the ministerial conference on Thursday, she highlighted the significance of the gathering.

"This is an important conference because up to now, there hasn't been a uniform or comprehensive civil registration in all the countries on the continent."

Proper civil registration systems and accurate vital statistics played a vital role in developing countries when planning for development.

"If you don't register a birth, marriage or death you don't know what is going on in the country with the population and the citizens," said Dlamini Zuma.

In addition, civil registration and vital statistics provided the opportunity to generate and enable the monitoring and progress towards national and international development goal and targets.

Civil registration and vital statistics were important for the integration agenda of the continent, a concept which was not just about infrastructure but also about people, Dlamini Zuma said.

"This is a very important exercise. The conference will look at progress and make sure we are moving together, because when we integrate...it will be easier to we have the same framework," she said.

The progress made by African countries since the last conference will be evaluated.

"We will be assessing what progress each country has made and then make sure we accelerate and galvanise everyone towards implementation," said Dlamini Zuma.

In addition, problem areas and constraints will be identified and countries will exchange experiences.

South Africa will also be looking at how it can improve its own systems as well as sharing with the rest of Africa its best practices, she said.

Dr Dimitri Sanga, Director at the African Centre for Statistics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, said an assessment done of the countries showed quite diverse results and that in some countries, birth registration figures stood at less than 10%.

With these figures in hand, the conference will now have something to work with to determine how much needs to be done.

"What we will be proposing to the ministers will be to say maybe for those countries in which birth registration is below 10%, we would like them in five years to be at 30%," he said.

With the assessment done and targets set, the next step would be identifying the countries grappling with the problem and then decide how to support them to reach their targets.

One of the constraints, he singled out, was that in some African countries, the legislative framework with regards to civil registration dated back to the colonial period. - SAnews.gov.za

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inov-8TM is proud to announce the launch of the inov-8TM Challenge Series – a campaign that will see committed athletes take on some of the toughest challenges in the world. The first challenge in the series will take place in September 2012 with Mark Bayliss undertaking the ultimate triathlon – the Arch to Arc. The [...]Bayliss tackling the Arch to Arc is a post from: Time-4-Sport



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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – (September 3, 2012) – Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.) and Renee Metivier Baillie (Bend, Ore.) won the respective men’s and women’s titles at the USA 20K Championships on Labor Day Monday as part of the 35th Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race in New Haven. Tegenkamp’s time of 58 minutes, 30 seconds [...]Tegenkamp, Metivier Baillie Win 20K is a post from: Time-to-Run USA



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