CENTERING ACCESSIBILITY, INCREASING CAPACITY, AND FOSTERING INNOVATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL EDNA STANDARDS

Centering accessibility, increasing capacity, and fostering innovation in the development of international eDNA standards

Environmental DNA (eDNA) includes a set of rapidly emerging technologies that have the potential to support environmental monitoring and biodiversity conservation through novel, non-invasive, cost-effective and democratic methods and tools.Meanwhile, eDNA researchers are developing international standards for eDNA technologies, methods and data out

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From Smileys to Smileycoins: Using a copyright in Education

This paper describes a copyright to reward students for their studies.The currency bears the apt name Smileycoin or SMLY and is used within the tutor-web ROCK ROSE online learning platform.In order to make the SMLY attractive to students several approaches have been used, including support from companies whose services can be purchased for SMLY.The

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The United Nations Force Intervention Brigade: Wither the SADC/ICGLR Synchronised Peace Support Efforts in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Recurring Conflict?

From the time it deployed in the eastern DRC in 2013 up to the first quarter of 2016, arguably no much tangible progress has been made by the United Nations Force Intervention Enamel Pin Brigade (UN FIB).The security situation in eastern Congo continues to be unstable.This instability has serious direct security threats and spillover effects on res

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