Lessons Learned From Cubatao

Cubatao, Brazil was originally hailed as a showpiece of industrialization in the 1950's, with 26 major industrial complexes and 25,000 jobs. By the early 1980's Cubatao had achieved another reputation; as one of the most polluted places on earth. With a $500 million clean-up programme, the city is recovering from environmentally insensitive development. Today, as Brazil prepares to host the UN Conference on Environment and Development