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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACCESS TO RESOURCES RIGHT TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROL ACTIVISM ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION GEOPOLITICS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Between activism and science : grassroots concepts for sustainability coined by environmental justice organizations

Environmental justice organizations (EJO) have introduced or adopted powerful concepts and principles to analyze and to cope with environmental conflicts.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an
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Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.
Published date
Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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Assessing the Impact of State-Community Collaboration to Address Urban Violence in South Africa

A number of factors cause urban violence-and they require both short and long-term interventions. Many countries direct huge amounts of resources at what governments believe to be the root causes of urban violence.
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Social cohesion: The missing link in overcoming violence and inequality?

This study will adopt a groundbreaking approach to understanding and responding to urban violence in two cities: Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro.
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International Barcode of Life Project : Engaging Developing Nations

DNA barcoding is a new tool for taxonomic research. The DNA barcode is a very short standardized DNA sequence in a well-known gene.
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Community Based Governance of Wetlands in the Sand River Catchment Area (South Africa)

The community of Craigieburn in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is located on a 1 200-ha wetland that plays an important role in the regulation and maintenance of the Sand River.