media advisory
friends of the earth international
davos versus porto alegre, round
five
programme of events at the january 26-31,
2005 world social forum
Porto Alegre, Brazil -- Friends of the
Earth International is present at the 5th
World Social Forum with a tent where the
events below will take place. The tent is in
the thematic axis 1 “Assuring and defending
Earth and people's common goods – As
alternative to commodification and
transnational control” located at SECTION
E.
All events can be listened to live on
www.radiomundoreal.fm radio (stream). Every
day awards will be presented to communities,
and videos will be shown. Contact Janneke
Bruil +55-51- 91718107
January 27
: The defense
of water around the world: reclaiming public
water. For more information contact: Karin
Nanssen + 55-51- 91718505
January 28
: Biodiversity
and International Financial
Institutions:‘nature for sale’ For more
information contact: Simone Lovera +
55-51-91640401
January 29
: Forest and
Plantations: An essential social issue. For
more information contact: Javier Bartodano
+55-51-91640723
January 30
: Trans
National Corporations. For more information
contact Farah Sofa +55-51-91718824
On the opening day of the World Economic
Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the first
“Public Eye Awards“ for irresponsible
corporate behaviour were presented to a
handful of multinational corporations by the
Berne Declaration and Pro Natura – Friends of
the Earth Switzerland on 26 January.
FOR MORE INFROMATION CONTACT Friends of
the Earth International
IN DAVOS:
Sonja Ribi, Pro Natura - Friends of the
Earth Switzerland +41 (0)61 317 92 42; +41
(0)79 216 02 06
IN PORTO ALEGRE:
Radio Mundo Real - Damian Osta
+55-51-91620882
NOTE: Brazilian phone numbers in this
advisory are in use only Jan. 27-31
Events are co-organized by Friends of the
Earth International (FoEI), Corporate Europe
Observatory (CEO), Blue Planet
Project/Council of Canadians (CoC), World
Rainforest Movement (WRM)
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