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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"International convention"”.
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The international convention for the control and management of ships' ballast water and sediments 2004: a critical appraisal
Oceans cover more than 70 per cent of the earth's surface, and over 60 per cent of human population resides along the coast. A significant proportion of human protein supply comes from the sea, while the majority of global biodiversity and over 97 per cent of the biosphere is marine and is unknown. …
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The international convention for the control and management of ships' ballast water and sediments 2004: a critical appraisal
Oceans cover more than 70 per cent of the earth's surface, and over 60 per cent of human population resides along the coast. A significant proportion of human protein supply comes from the sea, while the majority of global biodiversity and over 97 per cent of the biosphere is marine and is unknown. …
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The international convention for the control and management of ships' ballast water and sediments 2004: a critical appraisal
Oceans cover more than 70 per cent of the earth's surface, and over 60 per cent of human population resides along the coast. A significant proportion of human protein supply comes from the sea, while the majority of global biodiversity and over 97 per cent of the biosphere is marine and is unknown. …
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Queering the city: a social and spatial account of the Mother City Queer Project at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in 2003
The Mother City Queer Project (MCQP) is a themed camivalesque costume party held annually, over a single night in December, in Cape Town since 1994. The event began as a celebration of South Africa's constitutional recognition of the right to sexual difference in the form of a location specific …
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Queering the city : a social and spatial account of the Mother City Queer Project at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in 2003
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-207).
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AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF THAILAND AS A MICE* INDUSTRY HUB FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION INDUSTRY IN ASIA *(MEETING, INCENTIVES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS)
Abstract The Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) industry, including conferences and trade shows, is a large and rapidly growing industry over the recent decade. Its growth not only brings benefits for the tourism sector, but also delivers many other potential benefits to host …
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The perception of Korea as a convention destination
… was to explore the perception of Korea as a convention destination by international convention attendees in the wake of the Asian financial crisis; Convention business has steadily grown in the past decade to become a significant segment of the Korean tourism industry. In spite of the …
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Os mecanismos de efetivação da convenção internacional sobre os direitos das pessoas com deficiência no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro
Brazil has incorporated the International Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities through Decree no. 6.949 / 2009, with Constitutional Amendment status. It promotes a paradigm shift about the phenomenon of disability, presenting new premises to understand, promote and ensure rights to …
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The effectiveness of access and benefit-sharing legislation in South Africa: practical considerations for national regimes
The Convention on Biological Diversity provides an international regulatory framework for countries to develop their own access and benefit-sharing (ABS) legislation. This international convention governs the utilization of a country's genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. Due to …
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Problems and prospects for the development of the compensation mechanism for oil pollution damage in China
… by all human beings. Research conducted by the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘ITOPF’) has shown that, in recent years, almost all continents have suffered severe damage due to oil spilling from vessels source. In response, the international …
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Adequacy of Federal Marine Salvage Policy in the United States
… has fostered this industry by adopting the International Convention on Salvage, contracting with private salvors to support the US Navy, and requiring tank and large non-tank vessels to maintain standing agreements with salvors. In addition, the federal government has created two mechanisms …
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Orbital debris : drafting, negotiating, implementing a convention
… is complex and serious. The space treaties and conventions are not sufficient. They were drafted at the time of space exploration in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, they fail to account for rapid changes in the field, especially the increasing commercial activity. Moreover, the existing mitigation …
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Análise da navegação com ECDIS (sistema de apresentação de cartas eletrônicas e informações) utilizando conceitos de engenharia de resiliência
… obtained through simulation. As stated in the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), Situational Awareness (SA) when using ECDIS is a requirement. Therefore the first approach of the work was to try to measure the SA of officer …
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Searching for a middleground in children’s rights: the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Ghana
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, is the world’s most widely and rapidly ratified international convention. Although it was hoped that the Convention would have an enormously positive impact on all children, this has not …
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The effectiveness of protecting children's rights in post-conflict Liberian society
… of child rights in Liberia and the relevant international and regional human rights instruments including the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the …
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Protecting our wildlife for life: a discussion on how we have failed to protect our rhino populations in the past and what our future options really are
… in force to combat it. I shall discuss the international perspective and propose some solutions to prevent the further elimination of the species. Approximately 350 million wild animals and plants are traded each year world-wide, estimated to be worth US $20 billion per year. It is argued …
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