Reframing Rio

Green Groups Offer Broad Vision for Global Paper Sector Reforms

By Carey L. Biron

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the world’s second-largest tropical forest landscape. Yet deforestation has encroached on much of the landscape. Credit: Taylor Toeka Kakala/IPS

More than 120 environmental groups from across the globe have offered a comprehensive vision document on how to enact, strengthen and implement sustainability reforms across the paper sector. Traditionally a key driver of deforestation, the paper industry has seen nascent though significant changes in recent years. Collaborations between activists, industry and government regulators have led […]

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U.S. Economy Will Grow But Not Trickle Down, OECD Warns on Inequality

By Michelle Tullo

Even though the U.S. economy is now expected to grow – albeit sluggishly – over the coming two years, inequality will not improve without policy reforms, a major grouping of rich countries is warning. President Barack Obama has named income inequality the “defining challenge of our time”, and has tried to make the issue a […]

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