[RED DEMOCRATICA] Rio+20 was the first global summit of the Internet age

 

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	August 7, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Rio+20 was the first global summit of the Internet age More than 50 million people the world over participated electronically in the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development because of social media and greater access to the Internet and mobile technology, according to United Nations estimates. "I think that the success at Rio+20 had little to do with the final outcome document," writes Jacob Scherr of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Instead, the success was found in the gathering of thousands of leaders, experts, and activists in Rio to focus on the common goal of a sustainable future." NRDC.org/Switchboard blog (8/2)      Head of UN mission in Syria urges restraint  Syrian refugees find mixed welcome, conditions  Powering up electronics ... by cooking  Gender bias is sidelining women over climate  Showdown over sustainable shrimp agriculture  Africa summit weighs sending troops to DR Congo  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security In amazing speed of support, @shotatlife has reached their #Blogust goal in only 6 days! Help it grow continue! http://ow.ly/cLYWk" @UNFoundation "Al Jazeera has put together a stunning interactive infographic of high level defections from the Syrian regime. ... According to the data, there've been a total of 41 high profile defections." UN Dispatch Head of UN mission in Syria urges restraint Lt. Gen. Babacar Gaye, head of the United Nations monitoring mission, urged combatants in Syria to shield civilians from shelling and heavy weapons in accordance with "international humanitarian law." The Syrian Cabinet met for the first time since the reported defection of Prime Minister Riad Hijab. Reuters (8/6), Bloomberg (8/7)      Other News UN's Amos in 3-day visit to DR Congo, Rwanda United Press International (8/6)      Syrian refugees find mixed welcome, conditions While more than 1 million Syrians have been internally displaced by the fighting in their country, at least 125,000 have fled to neighboring countries and are in refugee camps. Camps are located in Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to accommodate the growing number of refugees, but conditions vary -- with some camps described as unwelcoming and unequipped for the onset of winter. Al-Monitor (7/30), BBC (8/7), Al-Jazeera (8/6), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/29), The Daily Beast (8/6)        Why fly aid to Africa when it can be produced there? The $15 billion business of providing supplies for global humanitarian emergencies is coming under criticism from David Dickie, director of Advance Aid. His charity aims to enable emergency supplies for Africa to be made in Africa, thus creating jobs and improving logistics. The Guardian (London) (8/6)      Other News Immunity among malaria survivors could hold key to vaccine CBC.ca (Canada) (8/4)      Infant Pakistani girl gets polio after father refuses vaccine The Express Tribune (Pakistan) (8/7)      Mass arrests in China over counterfeit drugs The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/5)      Powering up electronics ... by cooking Cleaner-burning cookstoves are known to help reduce the degradation of the environment. But innovations by manufacturers not only use less wood and produce less smoke but also capture electricity generated by the stoves and channel it -- through a USB port -- to charge small electronics, such as mobile phones or LED lights. SmartPlanet.com (8/3)        Gender bias is sidelining women over climate Rural women the world over are being excluded from decision-making and management of increasingly scarce resources, including water and forests, even though they are "the foot soldiers of climate change adaptation," says Kusum Athukorala, who leads two women-oriented water organizations. AlertNet (8/2)      Other News Woman slain in "honor killing" in packed Pakistan courtroom The Guardian (London) (8/5)      Only 2 women are named to new Egypt government Los Angeles Times/World Now blog (tiered subscription model) (8/5)      Showdown over sustainable shrimp agriculture A group advocating responsibly farmed seafood, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, is devising standards intended to make shrimp farming more sustainable and less destructive to the environment. The initiative is being challenged by an industry-led organization, the Global Aquaculture Alliance. "With shrimp, there's going to be a huge battle," said Carlos Perez, a shrimp farmer in Ecuador. Yale Environment 360 (8/6)      Other News Community stands up to illegal logging in forest-bereft Pakistan Al-Jazeera (8/2)      Manila is evacuated as Philippines floodwaters rise Al-Jazeera (8/7)      Africa summit weighs sending troops to DR Congo The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, an 11-member body of African states, was meeting in Uganda to discuss deploying a neutral armed force to put down the M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic Congo. The British-based charity Oxfam said that millions of Congolese were under threat of looting, disease, rape and death because of the rebels, from whom the United Nations estimates that at least 250,000 people have already fled. 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