Brazil launches proposal for preservation of water resources

Based on the successful Brazilian’s experience in the protection of streams and river banks, farmers in Brazil launched on the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles, France, (March 13rd), the proposed creation of a protected area continuing worldwide.
The suggestion for the world create protected areas, in order to preserve water resources of the planet, was presented by the chairman of the Agriculture and Livestock Confederation of Brazil (CNA), Senator Katia Abreu, an event in the flag of Brazil. ………  >> Read More<<

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Making the business case for water and green growth

By Andrew Deutz
Guardian – When it comes to water, good news can be as scarce as the resource itself. But at the recent World Water Forum in Marseille, there was some good news – for nature conservationists, for the development community and for the corporate sector.

Source and Photo: Guardian, March 302th, 2012
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Brasilian’s Global Agriculture Strategy for Food and the Environment

By Gilberto Silber Schmidt
Labex Korea – Brazilian’s Global Agriculture Strategy for food and the Environment was the theme addressed by Dr Mauricio Lopes the Director Executive of the Brazilian Research Organization – Embrapa, during the 5th Forum for the Future Agriculture (FFA2012) on March 27th, 2012, Brussels. The focus of the presentation was on the challenges of Brazilian agriculture and what is being done in terms of progress towards a tropical agriculture modern and how these advances are being addressed, considering a conservation agriculture. Finally he told about on the new trends in a sustainable crop intensification and the pathways of Brazilian agriculture in the future.

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