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Agricultural and Biofuel News: Rio+20 zero draft accepts 'planetary boundaries' - 0 views

www.enn.com/...44195 RIO+20 Planetary boundaries
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  • CI Editorial on 27 Jun 12
     
    The latest draft of the so-called 'zero draft' document, which will be presented to heads of government at the Rio+20 Summit in June, has been amended to include an acknowledgement that there are scientifically assessed 'planetary boundaries' which, if overstepped, could result in irreversible damage to the Earth's systems.
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Anxious wait for scientists on Rio+20 talks - SciDev.Net - 0 views

www.scidev.net/...cientists-on-rio-20-talks.html RIO+20 Planetary boundaries Brazil UN Conference on Sustainable Development
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  • 'Planetary boundaries' is an idea that was showcased by Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, in Nature in 2009, and refers to limits to the use of nine of the Earth's resources, ranging from activities that generate carbon dioxide to land use, the loading of atmosphere with aerosols and the use of oceans.
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