John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel Kessler: Doubling Down on a Flawed Insurance Model THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY - Environment Additional tools Human well-being is dependent upon "ecosystem services" provided by nature for free. Such services include water provision, air purification, fisheries, timber production and nutrient cycling to name a few. These are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, so their loss often is not detected by our current economic incentive system and can thus continues unabated. The TEEB initiative was launched in response to a proposal by the G8+5 Environment Ministers (Potsdam, Germany 2007) to develop a global study on the economics of biodiversity loss. The TEEB study evaluates the costs of the loss of biodiversity and the associated decline in ecosystem services worldwide, and compares them with the costs of effective conservation and sustainable use. TEEB has been conducted in three phases. THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERISTY - Interim Report 2008 TEEB Ecological and Economic Foundations. The full D1 report is available here.
Singapore travel guide Singapore Singapore is a star article! It is a high-quality article complete with maps, photos, and great information. Singapore is a huge city with several district articles containing sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and accommodation listings — have a look at each of them. Singapore (சிங்கப்பூர்) (新加坡) is a city-state in Southeast Asia. Combining the skyscrapers and subways of a modern, affluent city with a medley of Chinese, Malay and Indian influences and a tropical climate, with tasty food, good shopping and a vibrant night-life scene, this Garden City makes a great stopover or springboard into the region. Districts[edit] Singapore is a small island country. However, unlike many other densely populated countries, Singapore - with more than 50% of its area covered by greenery and with over 50 major parks and 4 nature reserves - is an enchanting garden city. Large self-contained residential towns have mushroomed all over the island, around the clean and modern city centre. History[edit]
Marco Gomes – empreendedor, nerd, cristão, ciclista Um pouco de pesquisa e estatística pode nos ajudar a discutir melhor sobre a implantação de ciclovias e ciclofaixas em São Paulo, para não corrermos o risco de sermos “contra tudo isso que está aí”, ao mesmo tempo que exigimos dos governos o devido planejamento e manutenção dos espaços públicos. Estamos no meio de uma discussão (muito importante, em minha opinião) sobre a implantação de ciclovias e ciclofaixas em São Paulo. Eu, pessoalmente, gostaria que não houvessem ciclovias, prefiro que os espaços sejam compartilhados entre carros, bicicletas, motocicletas, ônibus, carroças etc; mas entendo que a segregação, às vezes, é necessária como medida de segurança e também para melhorar o tráfego das pessoas. Mas entre a miríade de opiniões de todo tipo sobre as ciclofaixas em São Paulo, vemos muitas críticas desesperadas, vindas principalmente de gente que é “contra tudo isso que está aí” ou “contra o PT seja lá qual for o contexto”. Clique aqui e continue lendo este texto.
hitech Siemens Economist's View: Ideas versus Discipline "This is just the latest chapter of a long saga": The Guns of August, and Why the Republican Right Was So Adept at Using Them on Health Care, by Robert Reich: What we learned in August is something we've long known but keep forgetting: The most important difference between America's Democratic left and Republican right is that the left has ideas and the right has discipline. Obama and progressive supporters of health care were outmaneuvered in August -- not because the right had any better idea for solving the health care mess but because the rights' attack on the Democrats' idea was far more disciplined than was the Democrats' ability to sell it. I say the Democrats' "idea" but in fact there was no single idea. Obama never sent any detailed plan to Congress. This is just the latest chapter of a long saga. You want to know why the left has ideas and the right has discipline? August is coming to a close, and congressional recess is about over.
Evidence The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives. Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal. The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1 Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling: Sea level rise Global temperature rise Warming oceans Glacial retreat
Ganesh festival 2015: India gears up to welcome the elephant-headed god The Ganesh festival, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, which marks the birth of the elephant-headed god of wisdom, wealth and prosperity, is popular among Hindus, especially in India. According to the Hindu calendar, the special day is celebrated on Shukla Chaturthi in the month of Bhadrapada which generally falls around mid-August and mid-September. The festival is usually celebrated for 10 days beginning with the installation of colourful clay images of Ganesh in temporary shrines erected at public places. Hindu mythology has it that Parvati had once asked her son Ganesh to guard the entrance to her abode while she attended to her bathing and meditation rituals. Her husband's action so angered Parvati that she vowed to destroy the world if her son was not brought back alive. Hindus celebrate the birth anniversary of Ganesh with full fervour and enthusiasm. The festival ends on the eleventh day when the idol of the god is immersed in a water body, in an act called visarjan.
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