Este diccionario es una guía accesible al vocabulario empleado en las negociaciones comerciales. En él se explican unos 3.000 términos y conceptos en un lenguaje sencillo. Se dedica especial atención al sistema multilateral de comercio, representado por los acuerdos de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC). El diccionario abarca, además, muchas de las actividades, resultados y términos relacionados con el comercio utilizados en otras organizaciones internacionales, tales como la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), el Foro de Cooperación Económica de Asia y el Pacífico (APEC) y la La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE). En el pasado decenio se ha prestado considerable atención a la facilitación del comercio y las inversiones, la sostenibilidad y la formación de zonas de libre comercio en todas las partes del mundo. El diccionario dedica un amplio espacio al vocabulario relacionado con esa evolución. Ofrece, por ejemplo, explicaciones claras de los conceptos utilizados en la administración de las normas de origen preferenciales. Más recientemente, la facilitación del comercio ha sido objeto de gran atención. Otras de las esferas abarcadas son los nuevos temas comerciales y las cuestiones relacionadas en particular con las preocupaciones de los países en desarrollo. Durante muchos años, Walter Goode fue funcionario del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio Internacional de Australia. En el ejercicio de sus funciones, adquirió una amplia experiencia en la formulación de la política comercial internacional y la celebración de negociaciones comerciales bilaterales y multilaterales. En particular, participó en negociaciones y reuniones en el APEC, el GATT, la OMC, la UNCTAD y la OCDE. Ha ocupado puestos relacionados con el comercio en Ginebra, Beijing, Shanghái y Tokio. Impartió numerosos cursos de formación sobre política comercial, en particular bajo los auspicios del APEC. En la actualidad está jubilado. Entre sus publicaciones figuran: Australian Traded Services, Uruguay Round Outcomes: Services y Negotiating Free-Trade Agreements: A Guide.

This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.

The understanding that some pesticides are more hazardous than others is well established. Recognition of this is reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard, which was first published in 1975. The document classifies pesticides in one of five hazard classes according to their acute toxicity. In 2002, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was introduced, which in addition to acute toxicity also provides classification of chemicals according to their chronic health hazards and environmental hazards.

Although the digital revolution has made content available to more people than print books ever could, ebooks are still only as accessible as the foundation they’re built on—and all too often the foundation is weak. But that’s changing. With the introduction of EPUB 3, publishers now have the means to create a single rich data source for audiences of all reading abilities. Through practical tips and examples, Accessible EPUB 3 takes you inside the EPUB 3 format and explores how you can enrich and enhance content for all readers. Author Matt Garrish demystifies the process of making content easier to access, demonstrating how accessible practices are intertwined with standard content best practices. Among many techniques, this guide will teach you how to: Add structure and meaning to your publications to make them more usable by accessible technologies Tailor EPUB Navigation Documents for readers requiring either full or reduced navigation Create media overlays to synchronize human narration with text display Improve text-to-speech playback by adding SSML, PLS lexicons, and CSS3 Speech functionality

Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and learning relevant to protected area governance and management. It is intended as an investment in the skills and competencies of people and consequently, the effective governance and management of protected areas for which they are responsible, now and into the future. The global success of the protected area concept lies in its shared vision to protect natural and cultural heritage for the long term, and organisations such as International Union for the Conservation of Nature are a unifying force in this regard. Nonetheless, protected areas are a socio-political phenomenon and the ways that nations understand, govern and manage them is always open to contest and debate. The book aims to enlighten, educate and above all to challenge readers to think deeply about protected areas—their future and their past, as well as their present. The book has been compiled by 169 authors and deals with all aspects of protected area governance and management. It provides information to support capacity development training of protected area field officers, managers in charge and executive level managers.

It is in the best interest of all concerned that tourism become sustainable and environmentally compatible. This need for "sustainable development" is and more by the responsible parties. Moreover, in the being recognised more search for solution strategies the realisation is gaining ground that tourism must be viewed as a worldwide phenomenon whose development must be co-ordinated in a co-operative effort spanning regions and continents. That the preservation of biological diversity also requires global co operation has been confirmed by over 170 countries which have already acceded to the "Convention on Biological Diversity". It is thus an important task to provide the foundations for joint action. Germany, one of the largest source countries of international tourism, must feel particularly obligated in this regard. The report published here is the result of a research project com missioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The study pursued and examined the thesis that the Convention on Biological Diversity be used as a central instrument for arriving at international principles and regulations for combining nature conservation and tourism which could lead to a sustainable development of tourism. To further the discussion, the authors brought the study to a logical conclusion by working out a proposal for a "tourism protocol" additional to the existing Convention on Biodiversity. Such a protocol additional to the Convention would entail the stipulation of internationally binding implementation and regulations for achieving sustainable tourism.