Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN :
Who Saved Antarctica?
Author : Andrew Jackson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 3030784053
Book Description
This book provides a diplomatic history of a turning point in Antarctic governance: the 1991 adoption of comprehensive environmental protection obligations for an entire continent, which prohibited mining. Solving the mining issue became a symbol of finding diplomatic consensus. The book combines historiographic concepts of contingency, conjuncture and accidental events with theories of structural, entrepreneurial and intellectual leadership. Drawing on archival documents, it shows that Antarctic governance is more adaptive than some imagine, and policy success depends on the interplay of normative practices, serendipitous events, public engagement and influential players able to exploit those circumstances. Ultimately, the events revealed in this book show that the protection of the Antarctic Treaty itself remains as important as protecting the Antarctic environment.
Antarctic Peninsula Compendium
Author : Ron Naveen
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781926633459
Book Description
First published in 1997, the Compendium is an important reference tool for everyone who works in or visits the Antarctic Peninsula - setting forth updated site-descriptive information, census data, species presence/absence data, and regional maps compiled by the Antarctic Site Inventory project since 1994. The Inventory is operated by the US non-profit science and educational organization Oceanites, Inc., the only non-profit, publicly supported, science project working in Antarctica, and the only project monitoring and analysing environmental changes throughout the vastly warming Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem, where it's warming faster - or as fast - as any other location on Earth. The new, 3rd edition covers the 142 sites visited and censused by Antarctic Site Inventory researchers in 17 field seasons through February 2011.
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development
Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Environmental Law
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782831705248
Book Description
This is an updated edition of the 1995 version. In the mid-1980's, the IUCN CEL, in consultation with leading experts from around the world, began to respond to a need later identified by Agenda 21: the preparation of an integrated framework for international environmental law.
Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309049474
Book Description
With the negotiation of the International Protocol on Environmental Protection in 1991, those nations conducting scientific research programs in Antarctica face new challenges for stewardship of the southern continent and protection of its environment. Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic examines how the implementation of the 1991 agreement in the United States can be done in such a way to ensure the compatibility of scientific and environmental protection goals in this global laboratory. The book also addresses the potential for the new requirements both to benefit and harm research activities in Antarctica.
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
Author : Thomas Greiber
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 2831715296
Book Description
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
Author : Barbara J. Lausche
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 2831712459
Book Description
The central aim of this publication is to consider the key elements of a modern, comprehensive, and effective legal framework for successful management of protected areas. They provide practical guidance for all those involved in developing, improving, or reviewing national legislation on protected areas, be they legal drafters and practitioners, protected area managers, interested NGOs, or scholars. These guidelines include fifteen case studies, eight dealing with the protected area legislation of individual countries and six cases dealing with specific sites providing fundamental solutions that stand the test of time.
Antarctic Treaty
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Antarctic Treaty (1959)
ISBN :
Book Description
The International Politics of Antarctica (Routledge Revivals)
Author : Peter J. Beck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317700961
Book Description
First published in 1986, this book considers the nature of international interest in Antarctica and the positions of those involved. It looks at the significance of the historical dimension, the development of the treaty system, the management of marine and mineral resources, the role of the United Nations and the impact of such non-governmental organisations as Greenpeace International. The Antarctic implications of the Falklands War of 1982 are also discussed, as well as the underlying relationship between America and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. With a truly international scope, this reissue will be of particular relevance to students with an interest in the political, legal, economic and environmental concerns surrounding the Antarctic region, both in the present and historically.
Introduction to Information Retrieval
Author : Christopher D. Manning
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
Release : 2008-07-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1139472100
Book Description
Class-tested and coherent, this textbook teaches classical and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering from basic concepts. It gives an up-to-date treatment of all aspects of the design and implementation of systems for gathering, indexing, and searching documents; methods for evaluating systems; and an introduction to the use of machine learning methods on text collections. All the important ideas are explained using examples and figures, making it perfect for introductory courses in information retrieval for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in computer science. Based on feedback from extensive classroom experience, the book has been carefully structured in order to make teaching more natural and effective. Slides and additional exercises (with solutions for lecturers) are also available through the book's supporting website to help course instructors prepare their lectures.
