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The Future of Agriculture May Well Be in Cities
Shari Nijman interviews DICKSON DESPOMMIER, director of the Vertical Farm Project
NEW YORK - In the coming decades, the world's population is expected to grow by at least another two billion people, 80 percent of whom will live in cities by the year 2050.
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Mother Earth Should Not Be "Owned, Privatised and Exploited"
Aline Jenckel interviews, TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network
UNITED NATIONS - For centuries, indigenous peoples and their rights, resources and lands have been exploited. Yet long overdue acknowledgment of past exploitation and dedicated efforts by indigenous peoples have done little to end or prevent violations of the present, stated indigenous leaders in the Manaus Declaration of 2011.
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Protecting Oceans Equals Protecting Our Planet
IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen Interviews AMINA MOHAMED, deputy executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), whose mandate includes the preservation and protection of the world's fast-degrading oceans, will play a pivotal role in Expo 2012, an international exhibition to be formally opened later this week in the coastal town of Yeosu in South Korea.
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Renewable Energies Need New Incentives
Fabíola Ortiz interviews BJÖRN PIEPRZYK of the German Renewable Energy Federation *
RIO DE JANEIRO - Clean, renewable energies contribute to economic growth and job creation while decreasing dependency on imports. This is why governments should be increasing incentives for the development of renewable energy during a crisis like the one facing Europe today, German engineer Björn Pieprzyk told Tierramérica.
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"Women's Leadership is Key to Ensuring Sustainable Development"
Fabíola Ortiz interviews REBECCA TAVARES, head of U.N. Women for Brazil and the Southern Cone
RIO DE JANEIRO - The vital role of women in creating a green economy will be highlighted at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Brazil in June.
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Reviving the Spirit of Rio+20
Aline Jenckel interviews KIARA WORTH and IVANA SAVIC, co-ordinators of the Conference on Sustainable Development Major Group for Children and Youth
UNITED NATIONS - In the weeks and months leading up to the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, groups spanning a wide spectrum of interests are doing everything in their power to ensure that the outcomes of the summit are actually carried out.
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Restructuring the Planet's Food System
Charundi Panagoda interviews DANIELLE NIERENBERG of Worldwatch Institute
WASHINGTON - Thirty percent of food is wasted globally, while one billion people go hungry and another billion are obese.
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The Road to Rio Goes Through Cairo
IPS U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen interviews MICHAEL HERRMANN, Economics Adviser at the U.N. Population Fund
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) rightly believes the road to Rio goes via Cairo - and that sustainable development and population are inextricably linked.
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Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"
Aline Jenckel interviews SAMUEL KISSI, executive coordinator of Curious Minds, a youth advocacy organisation in Ghana
UNITED NATIONS - With a whopping 40 percent of Ghana's population under the age of 24, the government's ability to foster their development and include them in the country's development are critical to the country's future.
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How to Empower Youths to Take Charge of Their Health and Sexuality
Mathilde Bagneres interviews ORIANA LOPEZ URIBE, youth activist for sexual and reproductive health services and information
UNITED NATIONS - Young people aged 15-24 make up a quarter of sexually active individuals, yet they comprise half of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) infections each year.
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