Pesticide resistance on the increase, says UNEP

PESTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT Pesticide Resistance Management

UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates seeks to provide policy makers, the general public and the media with a synthesis of aspects of natural, social and applied sciences that relate to this type of natural gas occurrence. With an emphasis on visual media, the Outlook is working to define global methane gas hydrate occurrences in their natural settings and examine th...

does the perception of psychosocial factors increase the risk of pesticide exposure among seasonal hispanic farmworkers?

background: migrant farmworkers are prone to several psychosocial stressors. objective: to investigate the effect of perceived psychosocial factors on pesticide exposure among seasonal migrant hispanic farmworkers in north carolina, usa. methods: a cross-sectional interview survey of 187 seasonal migrant farmworkers of mexican descent, identified from labor camps located in rural counties in no...

The UNEP Ontologies and the OBO Foundry

It is now generally accepted that wherever we need to address multiple different kinds of data deriving from multiple different kinds of sources, a strategy is required to ensure interoperability across the various systems involved. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) is developing an ontology for use in their knowledge management platform—the Sustainable Development Goals Interface...

survey on the rule of the due & hindering relying on the sheikh ansaris ideas

قاعده مقتضی و مانع در متون فقهی کم و بیش مستند احکام قرار گرفته و مورد مناقشه فقهاء و اصولیین می باشد و مشهور معتقند مقتضی و مانع، قاعده نیست بلکه یکی از مسائل ذیل استصحاب است لذا نگارنده بر آن شد تا پیرامون این قاعده پژوهش جامعی انجام دهد. به عقیده ما مقتضی دارای حیثیت مستقلی است و هر گاه می گوییم مقتضی احراز شد یعنی با ماهیت مستقل خودش محرز گشته و قطعا اقتضاء خود را خواهد داشت مانند نکاح که ...