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The SoWPGR-2 identifies the significant achievements in conservation and use of plant genetic diversity during the past decade and highlights the critical gaps and emerging challenges in this area. It emphasises...

This study, prepared by external experts (2010), carried out an assessment of the overall costs of implementing the Natura 2000 network in the EU and explored the associated socio-economic benefits, notably...

There is growing interest in the role of social relationships in explaining patterns of health. We contribute to this debate by investigating the impact of social capital on self-reported health for eight countries...

This article examines the impact of education on political participation in 15 European countries. We use data from the European Social Survey and find that education is positively associated with voter...

The most popular SA practice seen in the literature is that of ¿one-factor-at-a-time¿ (OAT). This consists of analyzing the effect of varying one model input factor at a time while keeping all...

This paper studies the determinants of differences in self reported job satisfaction across occupations using data from the 2006/2007 European Social Survey (18 countries). When the effect...

The subject of this note is (a) the ¿¿Technical Annex to postscript¿¿ of the Stern review, which presents a sensitivity analysis (SA) addressing the conclusions of Stern review itself as well as (b)...

There is growing interest in the role of social relationships in explaining patterns of health. We contribute to this debate by investigating the impact of social capital on self-reported health for eight countries...

Research and technological development to ensure food security, the sustainable use of resources and competitiveness

Identification of the built-up area from satellite imagery can provide a crucial information layer in disaster mitigation and management and for monitoring urban sprawl, e.g., in developing countries. Spaceborne...