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CBD News: To facilitate biodiversity-inclusive investments for systems change, the following supportive functions and policy changes should be carried out through an integrated approach




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CBD News: Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ms. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, at the twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 2-7 July 2018, Montreal, Canada




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CBD News: Online platform allows policymakers and other partners to access global data layers, upload and manipulate their own datasets, and query multiple datasets to provide key information on the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and nature-based Sustainable




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CBD News: Statement by Dr. Cristiana Pa?ca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 9-13 July 2018, Montreal, Canada




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CBD News: A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was signed today




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CBD News: Inspired by discussions on the possibilities of transformational change, a keynote address by Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar, and a celebration of indigenous culture, more than 1,000 delegates from around the world concluded two critical meet




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CBD News: Fifteen years ago, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity entered into force aiming to ensure the safe handling, transfer and use of living modified organisms (or LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology.




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CBD News: The global community will lay the groundwork for action over the next few decades to protect biodiversity and nature at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference, scheduled to take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 17 to 29 November 2018.




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CBD News: Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 2




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CBD News: Opening Statement, Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, 9th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, 2 - 5 July 2019




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CBD News: Presentation by Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of UN Biodiversity Convention, for EU Environmental ministerial, Helsinki, Finland, July 11 2019




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CBD News: Report of the co-chairs of the ninth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway, 2-5 July 2019




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CBD News: This year's World Tourism Day theme, 'Tourism and jobs: A better future for all', serves to highlight the critical role tourism, and ultimately nature, plays in job creation.




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CBD Notification SCBD/CPU/DC/MA/MW/88481 (2019-103): Nomination of Experts to the Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 13-17 April 2020 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NS/ET/CP/88538 (2019-109): Date extension: Thematic Consultation on Transparent Implementation, Monitoring, Reporting and Review Mechanism, 20-22 February 2020 - Kunming, China and Thematic Consultation on Capacity Building a




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CBD News: Agriculture and biodiversity have been inextricably linked for as long as we humans have been producing our own food. As the source of all variety in our crops and livestock, biodiversity is the very foundation of agriculture.




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CBD Notification SCBD/SSSF/AS/CC/VA/88615 (2020-009): Thematic Consultation on the Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 30 March - 1 April 2020 - Bern, Switzerland




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CBD News: Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People's Republic of China, the COP (Conference of




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88471 (2020-017): Updated Information Note for Participants: Second meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and related thematic consultations, 24-29 February 2020 - Rome, Italy




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CBD Notification SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/YX/88707 (2020-021): Decision 14/23, Financial Mechanism: Assessment of Funding Needs for the Implementation of the Convention and its Protocols for the Eighth Replenishment Period (July 2022 to June 2026) of the Trust Fun




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CBD News: Two meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) permanent subsidiary bodies originally scheduled for May 2020 and then rescheduled for August/September 2020 will now take place in August 2020.






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Stability, analyticity, and maximal regularity for parabolic finite element problems on smooth domains

Takahito Kashiwabara and Tomoya Kemmochi
Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1647-1679.
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A Panorama of Singularities

Francisco-Jesús Castro-Jiménez, David Bradley Massey, Bernard Teissier and Meral Tosun, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 742, approx. 230 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4792-2 (print), 978-1-4704-5452-4 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference A Panorama on Singular Varieties, celebrating the 70th birthday of Lê Dũng...




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Linear and Multilinear Algebra and Function Spaces

A. Bourhim, J. Mashreghi, L. Oubbi and Z. Abdelali, editors. American Mathematical Society | Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, 2020, CONM, volume 750, approx. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4693-2 (print), 978-1-4704-5607-8 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Algebra and Related Topics, held from July 2–5, 2018, at Mohammed V...




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What startups need to know about new UK immigration rules

The government has unveiled its new points-based immigration system, due to come into force in 2021, we break down what it means for the UK startup sector




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CapitalRise reassesses its mission amidst Brexit and regulation change

The proptech startup wanted to democratise investment in prime real estate projects through crowdfunding, but government regulations have limited its reach to high net worth individuals




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How to scale up your startup workforce without killing its culture

Startups moving to the scale-up phase will naturally experience growing pains, here's how to manage your team through that period with as little disruption as possible




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Developer models COVID-19 sneezing simulation on Gran Turismo software

A lone developer from the company that provided aerodynamic analysis for the cars in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo has applied the tooling to demonstrate the spread of germs with and without wearing a mask






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Reasons why you should work for a startup




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Calculation of the convexity adjustment to the forward rate in the Vasicek model for the forward in-arrears contracts on LIBOR rate

N. O. Malykh and I. S. Postevoy
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 189-198.
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Persistence and extinction in a stochastic nonautonomous logistic model of population dynamics

O. D. Borysenko and D. O. Borysenko
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 67-75.
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Modified Euler scheme for the weak approximation of stochastic differential equations driven by the Wiener process

S. V. Bodnarchuk and O. M. Kulyk
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 53-65.
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On the product of a singular Wishart matrix and a singular Gaussian vector in high dimension

T. Bodnar, S. Mazur, S. Muhinyuza and N. Parolya
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 39-52.
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On Kalton’s theorem for regular compact operators and Grothendieck property for positive projective tensor products

Qingying Bu
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 148 (2020), 2459-2467.
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A topology on the set of isomorphism classes of maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules

Naoya Hiramatsu and Ryo Takahashi
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 148 (2020), 2359-2369.
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Seven things developers should do before going freelance




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Lawbreaking violates rule of law

The violence and vandalism in recent months sparked a crisis of confidence of our rule of law. The so-called justice lawbreaking or civil disobedience is never justified under the law. I urge all of you not to engage in any illegal activities.

 

The Court of Final Appeal in its judgment (FACC8-10/2017) pointed out that: (1) unlawful assemblies involving violence, even a relatively low degree, will not be condoned and may justifiably attract sentences of immediate imprisonment in the future; and (2) little weight will be given to the mitigation that the offending act was committed in the exercise of constitutional rights or acts of civil disobedience because the fact of a conviction will necessarily mean the offender has crossed the line separating the lawful exercise of his constitutional rights from unlawful activity subject to sanctions and constraints.

 

There are suggestions that deliberate lawbreaking might be considered to achieve objectives, however, this would bring a wrong concept of the rule of law. The escalated violence and vandalism in the last few months have also undermined the perception of the rule of law among the public. My colleagues and I would promote and publicise the correct concept of the rule of law to the citizens through different channels. In analysing the current situation, I hope that we all could remain reasonable and objective by keeping an open mind, being informed and considering all relevant facts before coming to a conclusion.

 

Our rule of law has been highly regarded, and such an achievement was not easy to come by. We should all join hands to cherish and safeguard our rule of law. Abiding by the law is one of the many obligations that ought to be observed by the public. Law exists in practice but it should not only be practised by lawyers, judges and governments. More importantly, the rule of law should be observed and respected by the community as a whole. The Government would continue to be strongly committed to upholding the rule of law.

 

Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng wrote this article and posted it on her blog on December 22.




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Cultural Centre fun day set

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Cultural Centre, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department will hold a fun day from noon to 5.30pm on November 9.

 

The centre’s venue partners, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Ballet and Zuni Icosahedron will use the latest technology in the foyer to present Western and Chinese music, a ballet performance and sound and scene recreation of the former Kowloon-Canton Railway Station.

 

At the piazza areas, more than 40 dancers will perform works by acclaimed and emerging choreographers and lead visitors to discover every corner of the centre.

 

Artist Enoch Cheng will curate "Unseen Scene" in the backstage area to display the magic behind a show through music, dance, projections and other special performances.

 

Additional programmes will include the Stage & Technology Workshop and the 30th anniversary exhibition "Traces of the Past & Future".

 

Besides free events on the fun day, the centre will hold a celebratory concert at 8pm on November 29 and 30. Pieces specially selected from the repertoire of the centre's opening concert 30 years ago will be presented.

 

Click here for details.




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Ethnic cultural show set

Asian Ethnic Cultural Performances 2019 will be staged on Sunday to demonstrate the diversity of Asia’s cultures.

 

The event will feature ethnic performances and activities with representatives from 19 Asian countries and places taking part.


Korean traditional Nongak and Taepyeongmu dances, a Japanese Tokushima Awa dance, Indian classical and Bollywood dances, and folk dance performances of countries such as Bangladesh, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines and Sri Lanka will be showcased.

 

Hong Kong and Macau arts groups will stage a hip hop lion dance and a cheerleading performance.

 

Other activities include traditional arts and crafts, costume and food displays, as well as a bamboo musical instrument workshop.

 

A CIBS mobile studio supported by Radio Television Hong Kong will also be set up to let members of the public learn about broadcasting.

 

The event will be held from 2pm to 6pm at the Cultural Centre Piazza. Admission is free.

 

Click here for details.