Meanwhile, Colorado voters were projected to reject an anti-abortion amendment that would have defined a "person" as "every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being, " according to a CNN analysis of exit poll data.
Would-be submitters must be able to fabricate MEMs that can be implanted into bugs at the pupa stage for integration into biological systems during development, and must prove that they can guide their creations to within three meters of a target from a minimum distance of 100 meters.
In 1972, the U.S. and virtually every other civilized nation signed the Biological Weapons Convention, which prohibits the development, stockpiling and use of biological arms.
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Along with the FCCC, which established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it also produced three other much lesser-known initiatives the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the Statement of Forest Principles, The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and Sustainable Development Agenda 21.
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First, the development of biological weapons is one of the most difficult things to detect since the lethal agents can easily be hidden, and the manufacturing facilities are essentially undistinguishable from legitimate pharmaceutical or research installationsTo manage this impossible job, the protocol would set up a large international organization that would have people on its staff from such nations as North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Cuba.
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It also describes Mr Hussein's elaborate attempts to conceal his weapons programmes, including the development of mobile biological-weapons laboratories.
Nasa said that the investigations will cover human research, biological and physical sciences, technology development, Earth observation, and education.
If we were to promote a minimal biological baseline for the healthy brain development of every child in society to reduce the likelihood of future violence of the type we saw at Sandy Hook Elementary School, is that really eugenics?
They seek to reconcile conservation of biological and cultural diversity, and economic and social development through partnerships between people and nature.
In terms of its chemical and biological programs, it had largely been believed that the biological program was mainly a research-and-development program ...
The major focus is the development of endogenous national and regional research capacities in the biological sciences and biotechnologies, for especially the developing countries.
The major aim is the development of endogenous national and regional research capacities in the biological sciences and biotechnology in keeping with rapid scientific advances.
Preserving biological diversity lies at the heart of the new vision of sustainable development that the world needs from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
As far as biological weapons are concerned, there is evidence that Syria has researched their development, but it is not known whether it got further than it did with its nuclear ambitions, which were abruptly curtailed after Israel bombed its only reactor, at al-Kibar, in 2007.
The Iranian regime is acting to retain and modernize key elements of its offensive chemical weapons research and development capability and dispersed mobilization facilities, and probably has an offensive biological weapons program.
Indeed, if the US is to play a leadership role in the IPBES, it could use this position to ensure that business in fully engaged in the development of policies which ensure not only that biodiversity is conserved but that biological resources are used sustainably and responsibility.
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Since that unfortunate decision, far-leftwing anti-development organizations like Wild Earth Guardians, Earth Justice, and The Center for Biological Diversity, among others, have increasingly abused the ESA as a tool for slowing or even halting any form of human industrial progress in some regions.
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was inspired by the world community's growing commitment to sustainable development.
In one example among many, the Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit challenging a 100-turbine wind development in mountains north of the Mojave Desert.
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It is often said by those who oppose the U.S. development and deployment of effective missile defenses that a far more likely threat is that biological weapons will be smuggled into and used in this country by terrorists.
Kitts-Nevis National MAB Committee has a key role and functions including, Advocacy and support of sustainable development, promotion and monitoring of scientific research, planning and management of Biosphere reserves, approval of Biosphere Reserve Proposals, capacity development of the local communities in resource management and environmental protection, the conservation of biological diversity.
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