The Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Rio de Janeiro (FGV DIREITO RIO) and the Program in Law and the Environment (PDMA), in partnership with other institutions, seeks to encourage open debate on themes related to the discussions set for the Rio + 20 Conference in 2012. The objective of the site is to provide an interactive environment for discussion in set phases, so that at the end of this process, certain recommendations may be made both to the Brazilian government, on themes of particular interest for Brazil, as well as to Secretariat General of the UN formed for the Rio + 20 conference preparations, which will receive recommendations until the 1st of November, 2011.
 
 
CONTEXT: The process centers on a campaign to prepare legal recommendations conceived by the International Center for Comparative Environmental Law (CIDCE), in partnership with the PDMA and the Public Prosecutors of the Union Academy of Brasil. Two events have already taken place to begin discussions on the themes of this project. The first took place in Rio de Janeiro, on the 25th and 26th of June. The second took place in São Paulo on the 27th and 28th of June. The third will be held in Limoges, France on the 29th and 30th of September and the final one, in Bucharest, Romania on the 13th and 14th of October.