Brazil positioned for global biofuels success - The McKinsey Quarterly
As higher oil prices drive global demand for biofuels, Brazil's well-established ethanol industry -- including both local and multinational companies -- seems positioned for profitable growth. The country now produces ethanol more cheaply than anywhere else in the world, but that may not be true for long.

Muslims condemn Dutch lawmaker's film - CNN

The World Forum of Civil Society Networks prepared a Declaration for the UN's 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights reinforcing the need to promote the human right to peace, development and environmental protection in order to establish peaceful societies. Please read and endorse this declaration.

First Global Peace Index Ranks 121 Countries - Norway tops list, U.S. comes in at 96

Global Trade Unions Rising to Challenge of Climate Change

Good Governance is the Road Map
for Peace and Renaissance of Africa
- By Mussie Hailu

Annan tapped to head Africa agriculture organization
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is serving as chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, which battle chronic hunger, soil erosion and lack of water.

Civil society, a primary beneficiary of good governance in Ghana
civil society must therefore government to implement comprehensive anti-corruption programmes.

Local Government Making Accountability work at Grassroots Level, panel discussion.

World Bank reports progress in battle against AIDS