Download or read book Le Golfe Du Saint Laurent petit Oc an Ou Grand Estuaire written by Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans and published by Peches Et Oceans Direction Generale Des Communications = Fisheries and Oceans Communications Dir. This book was released on 1991 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a workshop, the scientific reviews and the contributed papers presented at the symposium. The document presents a brief historical summary of marine research in the Gulf; reports the discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the different working groups on oceanography (physics, biology, chemistry and sedimentology) and on the fishery (fish and invertebrates); then presents the discussions of each multidisciplinary working group, centered around how the St. Lawrence system may be used as a natural laboratory which will contribute to the solution of major long-term problems of conservation of natural resources and of the quality of the environment.

Download or read book Culture urban future written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report presents a series of analyses and recommendations for fostering the role of culture for sustainable development. Drawing on a global survey implemented with nine regional partners and insights from scholars, NGOs and urban thinkers, the report offers a global overview of urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of cultural and creative industries, highlighting their role as resources for sustainable urban development. Report is intended as a policy framework document to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the New Urban Agenda.

Download or read book Building an Emergency Plan written by and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2000-02-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building an Emergency Plan provides a step-by-step guide that a cultural institution can follow to develop its own emergency preparedness and response strategy. This workbook is divided into three parts that address the three groups generally responsible for developing and implementing emergency procedures—institution directors, emergency preparedness managers, and departmental team leaders—and discuss the role each should play in devising and maintaining an effective emergency plan. Several chapters detail the practical aspects of communication, training, and forming teams to handle the safety of staff and visitors, collections, buildings, and records. Emergencies covered include natural events such as earthquakes or floods, as well as human-caused emergencies, such as fires that occur during renovation. Examples from the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, the Museo de Arte Popular Americano in Chile, the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, and the Seattle Art Museum show how cultural institutions have prepared for emergencies relevant to their sites, collections, and regions.

Download or read book Ancient Earthquakes written by M. Sintubin and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ancient earthquakes are pre-instrumental earthquakes that can only be identified through indirect evidence in the archaeological (archaeoseismology) and geological (palaeoseismology) record. Special Paper 471 includes a selection of cases convincingly illustrating the different ways the archaeological record is used in earthquake studies. The first series of papers focuses on the relationship between human prehistory and tectonically active environments, and on the wide range of societal responses to historically known earthquakes. The bulk of papers concerns archaeoseismology, showing the diversity of approaches, the wide range of disciplines involved, and its potential to contribute to a better understanding of earthquake history. Ancient Earthquakes will be of interest to the broad community of earth scientists, seismologists, historians, and archaeologists active in and around archaeological sites in the many regions around the world threatened by seismic hazards. This Special Paper frames in the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 567 'Earthquake Archaeology: Archaeoseismology along the Alpine-Himalayan Seismic Zone.'"--Publisher's description.

Download or read book The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child written by Thoko Kaime and published by PULP. This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: A socio-legal perspectiveby Thoko Kaime2009ISBN: 978-0-9814420-4-4Pages: xii 247Print version: AvailableElectronic version: Free PDF available.

Download or read book The Little Green Data Book 2017 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Green Data Book 2017 is based on World Development Indicators 2017 and its online database. Defining, gathering, and disseminating international statistics is a collective effort of many people and organizations. The indicators presented in World Development Indicators are the fruit of decades of work at many levels, from the field workers who administer censuses and household surveys to the committees and working parties of the national and international statistical agencies that develop the nomenclature, classifications, and standards fundamental to the international statistical system. Nongovernmental organizations have also made important contributions. We are indebted to the World Development Indicators partners, as detailed in World Development Indicators 2017 .

Download or read book Community Based Monitoring in the Arctic written by Finn Danielsen and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Based Monitoring Programs in the Arctic explores the concept and use of community-based monitoring (CBM) of ecological conditions in the Arctic. The authors analyze current programs and determines that CBM, while widespread and effective, nonetheless still has untapped potential. Presenting numerous examples and substantial data from a pan-Arctic survey and several workshops around the Arctic, Ths book offers a state of the field and a guide for mapping out the next steps. Contributors include Finn Danielsen, Noor Johnson, Olivia Lee, Maryann Fidel, Lisbeth Iversen, Michael K. Poulsen, Hajo Eicken, Ania Albin, Simone G. Hansen, Peter L. Pulsifer, Peter Thorne, and Martin Enghoff.

Download or read book Les principaux risques des changements climatiques pour le Canada written by Le comité d’experts sur les risques posés par les changements climatiques et les possibilités d’adaptation and published by Council of Canadian Academies. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les principaux risques des changements climatiques pour le Canada détermine les principaux domaines de risques d’après l'ampleur et la probabilité des dommages potentiels et évalue ces domaines en fonction de la capacité de la société à s'adapter et à atténuer les effets néfastes. Les 12 principaux domaines de risques sont: agriculture et alimentation, communautés côtières, écosystèmes, pêcheries, foresterie, dynamique géopolitique, gouvernance et capacité, santé et bien-être humains, modes de vie autochtones, communautés nordiques, infrastructures physiques et eau. Le rapport décrit également une démarche permettant de guider la priorisation des risques et les mesures d'adaptation fédérales. Le comité d'experts y présente de plusune méthode à plusieurs couches pour prioriser les mesures d'adaptation selon la connaissance des risques, du potentiel d’adaptation et des rôles et responsabilités fédéraux.

Download or read book World Yearbook of Education 2016 written by Antoni Verger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significantly contributed to this area of research. Focusing on the areas of cross-over in public-private partnerships in education, WYBE 2016 critically examines the actors and factors that have propelled the global rise of the education industry. Split into three key sections, Part I explores how education agendas are shaped; Part II considers the private financing of education and the export of school improvements to professional consultancies; and Part III analyses new market niches, such as low-fee private schooling and for-profit education provisions. The book draws upon case studies of many global organizations, including: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Pearson Affordable Learning Fund Bridge International Academies Teach for All Omega Schools Co-edited by three internationally renowned scholars, Antoni Verger, Christopher Lubienski and Gita Steiner-Khamsi, WYBE 2016 will be a valuable resource for researchers, graduates and policy makers who are interested in the global education industry. *Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Download or read book Multi party Elections in Africa written by Michael Cowen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains electoral studies of multiparty politics in 14 African countries during the 1990s. Most are about national elections in Anglophone Africa. There are also less well-known examples from Sudan, Ethiopia and Guinea Bissau. The collection also features studies of the local elections in Namibia and of a significant by-election in Malawi. The multiparty period had been put, wherever possible, within the historical context of earlier elections in Africa. Questions addressed include: how did incumbent governing regimes learn to live with multiparty politics? Why have some elections been so closely fought and others have suffered from apathy? Why has there been relatively open political expression and activity when the elections have increased the political and economic manipulation by incumbent governments? Why have the elections of the 1990s been so marked by local and ethnic variations? To what extent did this wave of democracy result from pressure from donor countries?

Download or read book Vivre avec les changements climatiques au Canada written by Donald Stanley Lemmen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On utilise fréquemment des facteurs tels que la richesse, le niveau de scolarité et l'accès à l'information et aux technologies comme des indicateurs de la capacité d'un pays ou d'une région à mettre en place des mesures d'adaptation. Un autre facteur tout aussi important, mais plus difficile à quantifier, est l'expérience acquise dans un climat déjà très variable. À bien des égards, le Canada est en mesure de relever le défi de l'adaptation au changement climatique. Néanmoins, comme l'indique le Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC) dans les chapitres à caractère régional de leur quatrième rapport d'évaluation (Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat 2007b), dans tous les pays, même les plus développés, il y a des régions, des collectivités et des secteurs qui sont vulnérables. Il est donc essentiel de comprendre les vulnérabilités au climat actuel et à venir pour déterminer les besoins en matière d'adaptation. Pour ce faire, il est nécessaire d'évaluer la sensibilité et la résilience au climat, la façon dont les facteurs sociaux, économiques et politiques influent sur la capacité d'adaptation, ainsi que les mesures et processus d'adaptation. Le présent rapport analyse ces questions dans le contexte canadien, au moyen d'une approche régionale.--Document.

Download or read book Growing Greener Cities in Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2012 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Global Plan of Action addresses new challenges, such as climate change and food insecurity, as well as novel opportunities, including information, communication and molecular methodologies. It contains 18 priority activities organized in four main groups: In situ conservation and management; Ex situ conservation; Sustainable use; and Building sustainable institutional and human capacities.

Download or read book Deuxieme Rapport National du Canada sur les Changements Climatiques written by Canada and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Participation and Learning written by Alan Reid and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-12 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking collection brings together a range of perspectives on the philosophy, design and experience of participatory approaches within education and the environment, health and sustainability. Chapters address participatory work with children, youth and adults in both formal and non-formal settings. Authors combine reflections on experience, models and case studies of participatory education with commentary on key debates and issues.

Download or read book Vivre avec les changements climatiques au Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le climat change, tant au Canada que partout ailleurs dans le monde. À l'échelle mondiale, les évaluations internationales confirment l'augmentation des températures de l'air et des océans, la modification de la configuration des précipitations, la fonte des glaciers, la diminution de la couverture de neige et de l'étendue de la glace de mer, l'élévation du niveau de la mer et l'évolution des phénomènes extrêmes (GIEC, 2013). Tandis que la vitesse des changements varie d'un indicateur à l'autre, la nature des changements va de pair avec le réchauffement climatique, et les modèles climatiques prévoient que bon nombre des tendances observées se poursuivront au cours des prochaines décennies et au-delà. Il est essentiel de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES; atténuation) si l'on veut parvenir à atténuer l'ampleur et la vitesse des changements climatiques mais, en raison de l'inertie du système climatique, d'autres répercussions sont inévitables, même en ayant recours à des mesures d'atténuation agressives à l'échelle mondiale. Par conséquent, nous devons également nous adapter, accorder nos activités et nos décisions afin de réduire les risques, de limiter les dommages et de tirer profit des nouvelles possibilités. Tous les ordres de gouvernement, les chercheurs, les organisations du secteur privé et les organisations non gouvernementales considèrent désormais l'adaptation comme un complément essentiel de l'atténuation.

Download or read book Montreal Metropolis 1880 1930 written by Centre canadien d'architecture and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Changements climatiques et biodiversit du Qu bec written by Dominique Berteaux and published by PUQ. This book was released on 2014-01-29T00:00:00-05:00 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les changements climatiques sont une question environnementale majeure de ce siècle. Afin de comprendre et de prévoir leurs effets sur la biodiversité du Québec, des climatologues, des biologistes, des naturalistes et des gestionnaires de notre patrimoine naturel ont collaboré durant cinq années pour produire cet ouvrage.Ils ont analysé les répartitions de près de 1 000 espèces d’animaux et de plantes et ont tenté d’anticiper les changements potentiels de ces répartitions pour la fin du xxie siècle. En utilisant des approches scientifiques parmi les plus perfectionnées ainsi que des modèles climatiques et des informations sur la biodiversité parmi les plus à jour, ils ont dressé un tableau saisissant des changements profonds qui sont anticipés sur le territoire québécois.Les premiers chapitres présentent avec clarté le patrimoine naturel et les climats du Québec. Le lecteur est ensuite amené, à partir de résultats de modélisation publiés ici pour la première fois, à se projeter dans l’avenir pour entrevoir l’évolution du patrimoine naturel québécois. Les conséquences des recherches sur la gestion des espèces, des aires protégées et des écosystèmes sont enfin exposées.Les biologistes, les naturalistes, les techniciens en écologie, les gestionnaires de la faune et des parcs, les ingénieurs et les techniciens forestiers, les professionnels et les militants de la conservation de la nature, les décideurs, ainsi que les étudiants et enseignants en biologie trouveront tous dans ce livre la matière à d’intenses réflexions. Les points à retenir sont résumés, des dizaines de cartes en couleur sont présentées et de multiples figures illustrent les messages importants. Un site Web présente des milliers de cartes complémentaires et permet de télécharger toutes les figures du livre.