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The International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability, held at the Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus 19-24 February 2007, dealt with environmental threats and proposed solutions at all scales. The 21 themes addressed by the conference fell into four broad categories; Threats to Survival and Sustainability; Technological Advances towards Survival and Sustainability; Activities and Tools for Social Change; Defining Goals for Sustainable Societies. Activities and tools that move the society towards greater sustainability were emphasized at the conference. These included environmental law and ethics, environmental knowledge, technology and information systems, media, environmental awareness, education and lifelong learning, the use of literature for environmental awareness, the green factor in politics, international relations and environmental organizations. The breadth of the issues addressed at the conference made clear the need for greatly increased interdisciplinary and international collaboration the survival and sustainability concept. The exchanges at the conference represent a step in this direction.
"The impact of science and technology on world affairs is shaped by politics, economics, business, ethics, law, psychology, and culture. This nexus is a neglected aspect of international affairs. It cuts across and unites diverse issues critical to human survival: climate change, global health, nuclear weapons, Internet governance, cybersecurity, jobs, competitiveness, poverty, hunger, and the management of new technologies like autonomous weapons, hypersonic missiles, geoengineering, and gene drivers. Advances in science and technology promise both great benefits and critical threats. Appropriate policies can stimulate and guide scientific and technological advance to create new ways to ach...
This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fifth International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Environmental Management held in Near East University, November 2021. It provides intellectual guidance and scientific evidence on the challenges of global warming and climate change based on a humanistic and critical thinking approach, promoting research and education to build equality in the global community and more sustainable societies. This book also addresses the current challenges of bridging the gap between government policymakers and providers of science and solutions with innovative ideas and new visions to help resolve the challenges facing us in the area of natural resources (water, energy), and environment.
In consequence of significant social, political, economic, and demographic changes several wildlife species are currently growing in numbers and recolonizing Europe. While this is rightly hailed as a success of the environmental movement, the return of wildlife brings its own issues. As the animals arrive in the places we inhabit, we are learning anew that life with wild nature is not easy, especially when the accumulated cultural knowledge and experience pertaining to such coexistence have been all but lost. This book provides a hermeneutic study of the ways we come to understand the troubling impacts of wildlife by exploring and critically discussing the meanings of 'ecological discomforts...
Arising from recent developments at the international level, many developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities are considering using geographical indications (GIs) to protect traditional knowledge, and to promote trade and overall economic development. Despite the considerable enthusiasm over GIs in diverse quarters, there is an appreciable lack of research on how far and in what context GIs can be used as a protection model for traditional knowledge-based resources. This book critically examines the potential uses of geographical indications as models for protecting traditional knowledge-based products and resources in national and international intellectual property legal...
This important Research Handbook provides a guide to navigating the tangled array of laws and policies available to counter the ominous threats of ocean acidification. It investigates the limitations and opportunities for addressing ocean acidification under national, regional and global governance frameworks, including multilateral environmental agreements, law of the sea and human rights instruments.
Bilgisayar ve yazılım bilimleri üzerine eğitim veren üniversitelerde ve özel eğitim kurumlarında, algoritma öğrenimi boyunca rehber ve başucu kitabı olarak kullanabileceğiniz bu kitapta; öncelikle algoritmayı ve algoritmanın bir ifade şekli olan akış diyagramlarını öğreniyor olacaksınız. Devamında, kolaydan zora birçok algoritma örneği ile, problem çözme yetiniz bir hayli artıyor olacak. İlerleyen bölümlerde ise; diğer kitaplarda bulamayacağınız programlama dillerinde kullanılacak, entegre geliştirme ortamlarının kurulumları ile karşılaşıyor olacaksınız. Kitabın son bölümünde ise, üç ana kategori altında birçok çözümlü ve videolu ...
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti ile ilgili 1994-2016 yılları arasında yapılan tezsiz yüksek lisans, yüksek lisans ve doktora tezlerinin ele alındığı bu çalışmada tezlerin yapıldığı yıl, üniversite ve enstitü, tür ve konularına göre değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın verileri Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nde bulunan Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi, Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi ve Yakındoğu Üniversitesi’nin arşiv ve kataloglarından tarama yapılarak elde edilmiştir.