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Robert Gilman - Structural Violence
GNP per person. The value of the life expectancy curve at that point (for 1979) is 70 years. Thus, other things being equal, if the world's wealth was distributed equally among the nations, every country would have a life expectancy of 70 years. This value is surprisingly close to the average ... average number of civilian and battle field deaths during the 6 years of World War ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
He stressed that India’s per capita GHG emissions were only a fraction of the world average, and far below that of developed countries. The head of the Saudi Arabian delegation was ...
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U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
Because some ... is to drive stocks downward, often to a level where, on average, there is little economic incentive to harvest them. A number ...
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June 16, 2004: Dead Zones Increasing in World's Coastal Waters
Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. Coastal Dead Zones Around the World Source: UNEP, GEO Yearbook 2003 (Nairobi: 2004), compiled from Boesch 2002 ... the Gulf from the Mississippi basin, more than triple the average flux measured between 1955 and 1970. The Mississippi River drains ... areas along riverbanks are developed. Over the last century, the world has lost half its wetlands. In the United States, ...
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May 5, 2004: World Food Security Deteriorating: Food Crunch in 2005 Now Likely
Since 1970, the earth's average temperature has risen 0. ... shortfalls. This year's average global temperature will almost certainly be above the norm (defined as the average for 1950-80). ... Food Front," Eco-Economy Update, 16 December 2003. Lester R. Brown, "World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall," Eco-Economy Update, 17 ...
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Toxic chemicals used as flame retardants are rapidly building up in the bodies of people and wildlife around the world
American women and their babies that could harm ... as others - and they follow no obvious geographic pattern. On average, however, Americans carry 10 to 70 times as much PBDE' ... Stockholm University's chief of environmental chemistry and one of the world's leading scientists regarding PBDE's. Reserach teams at Stockholm ...
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Education World® : Professional Development Center : Archives : Voice of Experience
Education World Voice of Experience column. Creating a Better World Felicia Arnold reflects on the ... has been the biggest challenge. Professional Development Features Ed World Columnists Experts -- like Fred Jones -- offer professional development. ... about becoming teacher-researchers. The Italian Adventures of an "Average, Every-Day Teacher" Educator Brenda Dyck shares news ...
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Education World® : Professional Development Center : Archives : Math
Several teachers tell Education World how they brought real-world skills into the classroom. Math and Science Achievement: It Starts With Better Teaching ... Science Study scored eighth grade middle school students in the U.S. below the international average of more than forty nations. What’s being done to improve performance? Look to math ...
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SAF - About Forestry: Facts on Forests Around the World
Forests Around the World Facts on Forests Around the World More than a decade of discussions on how to protect the world's forests ... after fossil fuels. Forest plantations comprise 5 percent of the world's forests. Asia has the largest area of plantations, accounting ... supply about 35 percent of the world's roundwood. The area of forest plantations increased by an average of 3 million hectares per ...
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CNPSR Letter to World Heritage Committee on Yellowstone and Everglades NPs | The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
The latest National Park Service study illuminates in detail that allowing Yellowstone's current average of 250 snowmobiles per day to increase--to as many as 720 snowmobiles (the then ... UNESCO 7, Place de Fontenoy 75015 Paris 07 SP France Allen Putney Vice Chair, World Heritage World Commission on Protected Areas IUCN Box 4046 Incline Village NV 89450 David Sheppard Head, Programme ...
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