Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set)
Title | Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set) PDF eBook |
Author | Union Of International Associations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1452 |
Release | 2014-06-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9789004271975 |
Volume 1 (A and B) covers international organizations throughout the world, comprising their aims, activities and events.
Glosario Del Banco Mundial
Title | Glosario Del Banco Mundial PDF eBook |
Author | World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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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 North American Mosaic
Title | The North American Mosaic PDF eBook |
Author | Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
Title | Indigenous Peoples’ food systems PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2021-06-25 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 9251345619 |
This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems, it will raise awareness on the need to enhance the protection of Indigenous Peoples' food systems as a source of livelihood for the 476 million indigenous inhabitants in the world, while contributing to the Zero Hunger Goal. In addition, the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) and the UN Food Systems Summit call on the enhancement of sustainable food systems and on the importance of diversifying diets with nutritious foods, while broadening the existing food base and preserving biodiversity. This is a feature characteristic of Indigenous Peoples' food systems since hundreds of years, which can provide answers to the current debate on sustainable food systems and resilience.
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
Title | Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2018-10-03 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9251072779 |
The guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations.The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests. They provide guidance for improving the policy, legal and organizational frameworks that regulate tenure rights; for enhancing the transparency and administration of tenure systems; and for strengthening the capacities and operations of public bodies, private sector enterprises, civil society organizations and people concerned with tenure and its governance.The guidelines place the governance of tenure within the context of national food security, and are intended to contribute to the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development.
The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a "deep" Alternative
Title | The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a "deep" Alternative PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia von Werlhof |
Publisher | Beiträge zur Dissidenz |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Capitalism |
ISBN | 9783631615522 |
Western civilization is the Utopia of a better and higher life on Earth. The globalization of neo-liberalism proves that this project has failed. The paradigm of «Critical Theory of Patriarchy» explains this failure and discusses alternatives. By confronting the central civilizations in history, the egalitarian, life-oriented matriarchal one, and the hierarchical, nature and life dominating, hostile patriarchal one, we see that 5000 years of patriarchy have «replaced» matriarchies and nature itself by a «progressive» counter-world of «capital». This transformation characterizes «capitalist patriarchy» including «socialism». Its demise is due to the «alchemical» destruction of the world's resources, thought of, theologically legitimized and fetishized as «creation». This violence is not recognized. Elites have, instead, begun with a new «military alchemy», treating the whole Planet as weapon of mass destruction. Hence, the «Planetary Movement for Mother Earth».
Legal Frameworks for REDD
Title | Legal Frameworks for REDD PDF eBook |
Author | John Costenbader |
Publisher | World Conservation Union |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Design Implementation at the National Level.