Category - Integration and Development Brazilian-style

Julio Esquivel and two children in the La Casita de La Virgen soup kitchen in Villa La Cava stand next to the filter that removes 99.9 percent of bacteria, viruses and parasites, with a capacity of up to 12 liters per hour. The purifier became the starting point for raising awareness in this shantytown on the outskirts of the Argentine capital about access to water as a human right. Credit: Daniel Gutman/IPS
Argentina • Cities • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Environment • Headlines • Health • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Population • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • Regional Categories • sanitation • Water & Sanitation

Access to Water Is a Daily Battle in Poor Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires

4 months ago

Civil Society, Improvement & Assist, Editors’ Selection, Setting, Headlines, Health, Integration and Improvement Brazilian-style, Latin America &...

The Central Combined Cycle Plant, located in the Nahua indigenous farming community of Huexca, in central Mexico, is practically ready to operate, but local inhabitants managed to block its completion because of the pollution it could cause, and they want to use the facility to open a solar panel factory. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS
Active Citizens • Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Energy • Environment • Featured • Headlines • human rights • Indigenous Rights • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • mexico • News • Population • Projects • Regional Categories • Renewable Energy • Solar Energy

Mexican Village Wants to Turn Thermoelectric Plant into Solar Panel Factory

5 months ago

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The Mayan Train megaproject in southern Mexico will affect key ecosystems of the Yucatan Peninsula, which is home to 25 protected natural areas, such as this lake in the SíijilNohá community reserve, next to the Sian Ka
Active Citizens • Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador • biodiversity • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Environment • Featured • Headlines • human rights • Indigenous Rights • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • Mayan Train • mexico • News • Projects • Regional Categories • Yucatan

Local Communities Question Benefits of Mayan Train in Southern Mexico

7 months ago

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Elizabeth Ribeiro, a pensioner, plants a tree - a kind of wild papaya - for the first time in her life, on a farm about 50 km from Brasilia. Seedlings donated during the World Water Forum, held in the Brazilian capital in March, were planted in the Pipiripau River basin, which supplies two nearby cities, to "produce water" Credit: Mario Osava/IPS
Active Citizens • Brazil • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Environment • Erosion • Featured • Food & Agriculture • Headlines • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • Reforestation • Regional Categories • Water & Sanitation • World Water Forum

Water, an Environmental Product of Agriculture in Brazil

7 months ago

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Solar panels can be seen on three buildings in the Morro de Santa Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro. In the middle is the CEPAC daycare center, with a green terrace and two sets of photovoltaic panels, which reduced its expenses by 80 percent thanks to solar energy. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS
Active Citizens • Brazil • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Energy • Environment • favelas • Headlines • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Population • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • Regional Categories • Solar Energy

Solar Energy Drives Social Development in Brazil’s Favelas

8 months ago

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Stumps of coconut palms that died during the last drought in São Gonçalo, in the municipality of Sousa, in Northeast Brazil. In 2012, the water authorities suspended irrigation in order to ensure the supply of water for human consumption, due to the sharp fall of water in the reservoirs, which lasted for five more years. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS
Brazil • Brazil's Semiarid Northeast • Combating Desertification and Drought • Development & Aid • Economy & Trade • Editors' Choice • Environment • Featured • Food & Agriculture • Green Economy • Headlines • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Projects • rainwater harvesting • Regional Categories • Special Report • Water & Sanitation

Diversifying Crops to Help Overcome Drought in Brazil

8 months ago

Combating Desertification and Drought, Improvement & Assist, Financial system & Commerce, Editors’ Selection, Surroundings, Featured, Meals &...

Mariano Barraza (L), a member of the Wichi indigenous people, and Enzo Romero, a technician with the Fundapaz organisation, stand next to the rainwater storage tank built in the indigenous community of Lote 6 to supply the local families during the six-month dry season in this part of the province of Salta, in northern Argentina
Active Citizens • Argentina • Chaco • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Environment • Featured • Headlines • human rights • Indigenous Rights • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Population • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • rainwater harvesting • Regional Categories • Special Report • Water & Sanitation

Rainwater Harvesting Eases Daily Struggle in Argentina’s Chaco Region

8 months ago

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From the June 24 Family Group, in the steepest sector of a populous municipality in the suburbs of Lima, can be observed the small community gardens run by the families of the area, who created this community after migrating mostly from the Andes highlands of Peru. Their traditional knowledge of agricultural practices helps sustain the community experience. Credit: Mariela Jara/IPS
Active Citizens • Brazil • Brazil's Semiarid Northeast • Civil Society • Combating Desertification and Drought • Development & Aid • Economy & Trade • Editors' Choice • Energy • Environment • Family Farms • Green Economy • Headlines • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Peru • Projects • Regional Categories • Solar Energy • South-South • Special Report

Youth in Latin America Learn About Paths to Clean Energy

8 months ago

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Diploma award ceremony for the 28 teenagers who completed the course on making LED lamps in a small farmers
Biogas • Brazil • Brazil's Semiarid Northeast • Development & Aid • Economy & Trade • Editors' Choice • Energy • Environment • Green Economy • Headlines • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • Regional Categories • Solar Energy

New Relationship Evolves Between Society and Energy in Brazil

11 months ago

Improvement & Assist, Financial system & Commerce, Editors’ Selection, Energy, Setting, Inexperienced Financial system, Headlines, Integration...