MAPPING THE CONFLICT OF RAPTOR CONSERVATION AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING IN THE BATUMI BOTTLENECK, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

Mapping the conflict of raptor conservation and recreational shooting in the Batumi Bottleneck, Republic of Georgia

Illegal use of natural resources threatens biodiversity and often leads to conservation conflicts between affected parties.Such a conflict is emerging in the Batumi Bottleneck in the Republic of Georgia, where every autumn more than one million migrating birds of prey funnel above a handful of villages, and where thousands of these birds fall victi

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An Introduction and Recent Advances in the Analytical Study of Early Synthetic Dyes and Organic Pigments in Cultural Heritage

This article reviews the research recently undertaken to characterise and identify early synthetic dyes (ESDs) and synthetic Breast Pump Accessories organic pigments (SOPs) as well as study their degradation pathways with a focus on cultural heritage applications.Since the invention of the first fully synthetic dye in 1856, these materials have bee

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Exploring the Impact of Government Regulation on Technological Transitions; a Historical Perspective on Innovation in the Dutch Network-Based Industries

Government interventions can affect processes of technological transition through the enactment of legal and other policy instruments.In PCA Board this contribution, we concentrated on legal interventions only and examined what they were, the relation between the public and private players that they affected, and the nature of the incentive they pr

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