Sostenibilidad

Until recently, if I were asked to imagine ship-breaking operations, I would automatically think of one of those documentaries where skinny barefoot children crawl around inside beached and broken ships, pulling and cutting off the salvageable material, including scrap metal for recycling. For their efforts they receive only pennies plus a host of injuries and ailments. The leftovers, many dangerous and toxic, are often discarded with little regard for human safety and the environment.

In Latin America, 13 million child laborers can be found selling goods alongside the roads, working beside their parents on farms, as domestic workers in homes, and doing hard labor in hazardous industries. Globally, however, the number of children involved in child labor has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children.

A few weeks ago, I represented the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BIO) Program at the first Natural Capital Summit in Stockholm. While the meeting’s attendants were few, they were strategically selected and the event is likely to have a significant impact on the future agenda of a community working to incorporate natural capital into development decisions.

It’s not every day that big players from the public sector agree on a plan of action for resilient development with private-sector heavyweights.

En pocas palabras te enseñamos cómo funciona restauración de los arrecifes de coral.

Los científicos investigan los mejores tipos de coral para sobrevivir a un hábitat particular.

(In English & en Kreyol)

El Canal de Panamá es sin duda un ejemplo icónico de megaproyecto de infraestructura de nuestra Región. Representa un 5% del tráfico de mercancías mundial, explica un 5% del comercio mundial y el 25% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) del país. Impresionante.

Por Cintia Oliva, finalista del concurso de blogueros.

Los países de la cuenca amazónica están apostando por un modelo de desarrollo sustentable que enfatiza la conservación de sus bosques.

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