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The statement that the continuation of widespread global hunger is unacceptable and that individuals have a right not to suffer from hunger and malnutrition has been accepted and proclaimed in many international instruments...

This is a comprehensive study of the global biodiversity crisis and related policy challenges. It includes a review of information tools for decision makers, available instruments for better stewardship of natural...

This article defines Active Citizenship within a European context as a broad range of value based participation. It develops a framework for measuring this phenomenon which combines the four...

This article inrtoduces the book Science for Policy: New Challenges, New Opportunities. The article describes the evolution of the relations between science and policy from the modern to the extended model. It...

There is a vast literature belonging to social and political theory and the political sciences that addresses the complexities involved in understanding modernity and the modern state, from Max Weber to contemporary theorists...

As a follow-up of the IP Recommendation endorsed by the EU Council in May 2008, DG Research has convened a “university-business cooperation thematic forum on knowledge transfer” (“the KT...

The Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries are of a voluntary nature. They are applicable to ecolabelling schemes that are designed to certify and promote...

Small-scale fisheries in developing countries are often perceived as being a low-productivity and backward informal sector. As a result they are rarely considered in poverty reduction programmes...

An overview of the current scientific knowledge available on climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture is provided through three technical papers that were presented and discussed during the Expert...