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Earth Summit:

see United Nations Conference on Environment and DevelopmentUnited Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED) or Earth Summit,
an 11-day meeting held in June, 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss the global conflict between economic development and environmental protection.
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Nine-year-old Earth Summit, who as a six-year-old novice had won the Scottish Grand National, went off at odds of 25-1 in the Welsh equivalent in 1997.

The Coral Welsh Grand National: Chepstow Racecourse picks 10 of the most memorable big races ever - Part Three; As the countdown to the 2018 event continues, we look at three of the best winners of one of National Hunt racing's biggest occasions

| Chris Wright's top 10 picks for this year's race | Features on former winners Earth Summit, Comply Or Die and Poethlyn and interviews with Nigel Twiston-Davies, Nicky Henderson, Katie Walsh, Stuart Coltherd, Sandy Thomson and many more | Plus all you need to know about this year's runners, the course and the three-day festival Focus on the contenders and Chris Wright's top 10 for 2018 reaching the aintree summit Look back at Earth Summit's victory 20 years ago with Nigel Twiston-Davies, Nigel Payne and Mike Bailey liverpoolecho.

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A future Gold Cup winner and subsequent Grand National hero served up festive feats at Kempton and Chepstow with bookmakers seemingly in high spirits as they offered 10-1 about See More Business in the King George and a whopping 25-1 that Earth Summit would scale the heights in a gruelling Welsh National.

Overlooked duo who went on to greater things; CLASSIC CHRISTMAS MEMORIES We recall the start of something good for an unfancied pair of horses in 1997

The importance of satellite and space technology for environmental monitoring purposes was highlighted by the UAE Space Agency at the Eye of Earth Summit 2015 in Abu Dhabi.

UAESA outlines commitment to environmental monitoring

6 (BNA): Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the board of trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charity and Humanitarian Foundation, today inaugurated the second Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi.

UAE hosts Eye on Earth Summit

The Rio+20, also known as Earth Summit 2012, is taking place 20 years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, where countries adopted Agenda 21, which is a blueprint to rethink economic growth, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection.

Sheikha Amthal departs Brazil after partaking in Rio+20 conf

Summary: Exhibition to focus mainly on results from last year's Eye on the Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi

EAD kicks off two of Eye on Earth side events at Rio+20

Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit -- which put the issue of sustainable development into the public spotlight, and produced two legally binding, if widely ignored treaties, plus important agreements such as Agenda 21 -- world leaders are returning to Rio de Janeiro to take another shot at sustainable global development.

Rio+20 Preview: Not The Best Time For Sustainability Talks, Experts Say To Expect Less

Summary: DUBAI - A delegation from the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-Chairman of the DSCE, will join the official UAE delegation, headed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to attend the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from June 20-22.

DSCE joins UAE official delegation attending Rio+20 Earth Summit

President Barack Obama will skip +20 Earth Summit later this month in Rio de Janeiro.

Obama to skip Rio+20 Earth Summit

Colombo, June 8 -- Priyanthi Rajapaksa from the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association, has been selected by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) as a member of its delegation to the Earth Summit 2012 (Rio+20).