The PAA-Africa international seminar – Africa Food Purchase Program, starting this Monday (July 2) in the Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Ministry) in Brasilia, marks the official launch of a series of exchanges of experiences between Brazil and five African countries – Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal – who are interested in formulating their own policies [...]

Research undertaken with foreign delegates and journalists who attended Rio+20 shows that over 80% believe that the country is or will be prepared to host major sporting events.
Embratur presented the key results of the “Survey of Foreigners Perception of Brazil During Rio+20″ on Tuesday (July 3) in Brasilia. The study was conducted during the UN [...]

FINEP is one of 25 partner institutions of the new Word Center for Sustainable Development, launched by the Minister of Environment, Izabella Teixeira, during Rio+20. Considered one of the principal legacies of the conference, the Rio+ Center is the result of a collective effort to launch a reference institution in this area in Brazil. The [...]

Between July 2 & 7 the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), Marco Antonio Raupp, will participate in a series of activities related to the Brazil-China Ten Year Cooperation Plan 2012-2021, which was signed during Rio+20. Among the topics expected to be on the agenda are the launch of the CBers satellite, the Bi-National [...]

Brazilian experience in the area of irrigation has attracted international interest. In the period from June 28 to July 5, two representatives from Mozambique will undertake a visit to Brazil in order to gather information to assist in structuring their National Institute of Irrigation (INIR). The agency will be responsible for coordinating and promoting the [...]

The Ministry of Defense will receive R$ 1.53 billion from the Accelerated Growth Program (PAC) for Equipment. The resources are for the purchase of 4,170 trucks, 40 Guarani armored vehicles and 30 Astros 2020 missile launch vehicles. The transfer of resources was authorized yesterday through a Provisional Measure signed by President Dilma Rousseff in a [...]

Brazilian triathletes Reinaldo Colucci, Diogo Sclebin and Pâmella Oliveira, who receive aid from the Ministry of Sports Athlete Assistance Program, will have the biggest challenge of their careers in Hyde Park, site of the 2012 London Olympics triathlon race.
The names of the triathletes were confirmed by the Brazilian Triathlon Confederation (CBTri), based on their international [...]

Even through is has nearly 200 pages of text, the Brazilian government believes in positive results for the third round of informal negotiations on the final document for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). According to the Foreign Minister, Antonio Patriota, Brazil’s negotiators are working with “tenacity” in the debates that began on [...]

The United Nations (UN) is encouraging Internet users to participate in a campaign on Rio+20. The idea is to involve the population in the discussions at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in Rio between June 13 and 22, in order to ensure more concrete results from the event.
The UN is requesting Internet [...]

The Minister of the Environment of Brazil, Izabella Teixeira, signed a decree, published in Thursday’s Edition (May 24) of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Government Press), creating the Environmental Education Program and Family Agriculture. The initiative is grounded in the principles of National Policy on Environmental Education (PNEA), from the National Program of Environmental [...]