Countering Online Propaganda and Extremism. The Dark Side of Digital Diplomacy, edited by Corneliu Bjola and James Pamment
In: The Hague journal of diplomacy, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 454-456
ISSN: 1871-191X
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In: The Hague journal of diplomacy, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 454-456
ISSN: 1871-191X
In: Peace research abstracts journal, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 267
ISSN: 0031-3599
In: ECA: Estudios Centroamericanos, Band 43, Heft 478-479, S. 793-801
ISSN: 2788-9580
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ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 43, No. 478-479, 1988: 793-801.
In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 49-70
In: Ra Ximhai: revista científica de sociedad, cultura y desarrollo sustentable, S. 49-56
ISSN: 1665-0441
El presente trabajo se realizó de febrero a octubre de 2011 utilizando para ello un estudio ecológico, transversal y descriptivo en el que se describieron las características arquitectónicas en su primera etapa de los senderos y malecones de la laguna de Zapotlán. Se realizó el estudio de impacto ambiental con su mecánica de suelo, levantamiento topográfi co, análisis de medio físico trasformado, análisis de las vías de comunicación, análisis de infraestructuras especiales, análisis económico demográfi co, elementos y parámetros del subdistrito del lago, conceptos, partido arquitectónico,anteproyecto y proyecto, factibilidad, estrategias y acciones y resultados de obra. Se tomo en consideración el estudio preliminar de ordenamiento ecológico y territorial de la subcuenca de Zapotlán y el Programa de Protección Conservación y Manejo del humedal. El diseño y construcción de los senderos y malecones de la laguna de Zapotlán contribuyeron a las actividades deportivas de la subsede de los Juegos Panamericanos Guadalajara, 2011. El humedal tiene un alto potencial ecoturístico, cultural, recreativo, educativo y didáctico, que impulsa el desarrollo comunitario y la integración regional, al fortalecer valores ambientales, culturales y sociales, al fortalecimiento y desarrollo de ecotécnias para la conservación del humedal, a la protección de la biodiversidad y a la motivación hacia cambios profundos de actitud y aptitud para generar acciones responsables con respecto al ecosistema.
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 24, Heft 13, S. 11879-11889
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 23, Heft 17, S. 17357-17369
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 23, Heft 9, S. 9144-9155
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: Environmental science & policy, Band 123, S. 131-141
ISSN: 1462-9011
Deforestation and forest degradation remain huge global environmental challenges. Over the last decades, various forest governance initiatives and institutions have evolved in global response to interlinked topics such as climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, indigenous rights, and trade impacts – accompanied by various levels of academic attention. Using a Delphi methodology that draws on both policy and academic insights, we assess the currently perceived state of play in global forest governance and identify possible future directions. Results indicate that state actors are seen to be key in providing supportive regulatory frameworks, yet interviewees do not believe these will be established at the global scale. Rather, respondents point to issue-specific, regional and inter-regional coalitions of the willing, involving the private sector, to innovate global forest governance. Linking forest issues with high politics may hold promise, as demonstrated by initiatives regarding illegal logging and timber trade. Confident rule-setting in support of the public good as well as responsible investments are seen as further avenues. New forest governance "hypes", if used strategically, can provide leverage points and resources to ensure sustainability effects on the ground. At the same time, informal markets are often crucial for governance outcomes and need consideration. As such, clarifying tenure in sovereignty-sensitive ways is important, as are innovative ways for inclusive "glocal" decision-making. Lastly, new technologies, big data and citizens' capacities are identified as potent innovation opportunities, for making global dependencies between consumption, production and deforestation visible and holding players accountable across the value chains.
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled worldwide during the 12 weeks of peak disruption due to COVID-19. Methods: A global expert response study was conducted to elicit projections for the proportion of elective surgery that would be cancelled or postponed during the 12 weeks of peak disruption. A Bayesian β-regression model was used to estimate 12-week cancellation rates for 190 countries. Elective surgical case-mix data, stratified by specialty and indication (surgery for cancer versus benign disease), were determined. This case mix was applied to country-level surgical volumes. The 12-week cancellation rates were then applied to these figures to calculate the total number of cancelled operations. Results: The best estimate was that 28 404 603 operations would be cancelled or postponed during the peak 12 weeks of disruption due to COVID-19 (2 367 050 operations per week). Most would be operations for benign disease (90·2 per cent, 25 638 922 of 28 404 603). The overall 12-week cancellation rate would be 72·3 per cent. Globally, 81·7 per cent of operations for benign conditions (25 638 922 of 31 378 062), 37·7 per cent of cancer operations (2 324 070 of 6 162 311) and 25·4 per cent of elective caesarean sections (441 611 of 1 735 483) would be cancelled or postponed. If countries increased their normal surgical volume by 20 per cent after the pandemic, it would take a median of 45 weeks to clear the backlog of operations resulting from COVID-19 disruption. Conclusion: A very large number of operations will be cancelled or postponed owing to disruption caused by COVID-19. Governments should mitigate against this major burden on patients by developing recovery plans and implementing strategies to restore surgical activity safely.
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