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Blogger Cristiana Soares, in collaboration with net-citizens, launched Projeto Enchentes [Project Floods, pt], a platform for tracking — and gathering information about – floods in Brazil. The project counts with a collaborative map created by Henrique Brandão. January 4 ^[1]

United Nations Billion Tree Campaign reaches and overtakes its revised goal to see 7 billion trees planted around the world, one for each person on the planet, during September 2009. Some 7.4 billion trees have now been planted on every continent. Leading planting countries include the People's Republic of China, Ethiopia, Turkey, Mexico, Kenya, Cuba, and Indonesia. December 31 ^[2]

Bolivia: deforestation rate is 20 times the global average. December 19 ^[3] topic

References

↑ globalvoicesonline.org January 4, 2010
↑ United Nations Environment Programme, December 31, 2009
↑ Global Voices Online, December 19th, 2009

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India: women farmers stand against climate change, November 10 ^[1]

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India's water use 'unsustainable', August 13 ^[2]

South Asia: Coping with the heat and the rolling blackouts, April 26 ^[3] "The Eastern parts of India is choking as mercury rises above 45 degree Celsius."

2008

IIED 3 year project to gather the views of small-scale farmers, indigenous people, nomadic pastoralists, rural communities, food workers and other citizens in Mali, India, Iran and the Andean region of Latin America (Bolivia and Peru), April 14 ^[4] topic

2007

Uttar Pradesh attempting to set a world record by planting 10 million trees in a single day, July 31 2007 ^[5] topic

2005

UK and India sign sustainable development pact, 11 October 2005

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References

↑ Global Voices Online, November 10th, 2009
↑ BBC news, August 13, 2009
↑ Global Voices online, April 26, 2009
↑ International Institute for Environment and Development, April 14
↑ BBC news, July 31

[0] voicesonline.org January 4, 2010

[1] United Nations Environment Programme, December 31, 2009

[2] Global Voices Online, December 19th, 2009

[3] Global Voices Online, November 10th, 2009

[4] BBC news, August 13, 2009

[5] Global Voices online, April 26, 2009

[6] International Institute for Environment and Development, April 14

[7] BBC news, July 31

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