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Babydog hits the campaign trail -- accompanied by West Virginia's Gov. Justice

Here's a campaign event of note, set for Monday in the great state of Pennsylvania and featuring a lovely and personable pooch. "Join West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Babydog for food and fellowship at a Team Trump Road Trip Event in Erie, Pennsylvania," the Trump campaign noted Sunday in the briefest of brief written notices.




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Lawmaker warns Pentagon about China's maritime actions

Recent incidents of Chinese coast guard harassment toward the Philippines, Taiwan and other regional states require a stronger U.S. response, Rep. Michelle Steel said in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.




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Pentagon report weighs the climate change threat

Inside the Ring: Rising global temperatures pose pressing challenges for the Defense Department and a new climate planning cell is needed to better monitor climate threats, according to a major new study by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board.




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Cybercom warfighting system faulted in Pentagon report

The military command in charge of conducting cyber warfare lacks the tools to conduct successful offensive attacks and defend against digital strikes by China and other adversaries, according to a report by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board.




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China, Russia target Pentagon agency with disinformation campaign

China and Russia have joined forces in an aggressive disinformation campaign involving both covert and overt operations designed to discredit a key Pentagon agency.




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Trump to pick Gov. Kristi Noem to lead Homeland Security

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, naming a loyal ally to carry out his border security and deportation plans.




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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for putting classified data online

Jack Douglas Teixeira, 23, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to six counts of "willful retention and transmission of national defense information." His defense team asked for an 11-year prison sentence while federal prosecutors in Boston pushed for him to spend 16 years behind bars.




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MCE2025: Gold Alumni Special - 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

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MCE2025: Gold Guest Alumni Special - 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

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MCE2025: Gold Plus Registration- 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

MCE2025: Gold Plus Registration- 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

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MCE2025: Gold Plus Guest Registration- 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

MCE2025: Gold Plus Guest Registration- 3 Payments of $449USD billed 30 days apart

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Bernhard Langer and his 18 straight years of winning one of golf's untouchable records

Winning doesn't get old. Neither, apparently, does Bernhard Langer.




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Former Uruguay soccer star Diego Forlan to make pro tennis debut at age 45

Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlan will make his professional tennis debut next month when he plays doubles at an ATP Challenger tournament.




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Andy Murray goes from Centre Court to the stage for a 4-stop tour to talk about his tennis career

Retired tennis star Andy Murray will talk about his pro career during a four-show theater tour in Scotland and England in June 2025, his management group announced Tuesday.




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To receive Gold, Gold +, Diamond, or Titanium membership you must first apply and be accepted to the program and then purchase the 'Home Study System' for 3 payments of $499 USD (30 days apart). With your Home Study System you receive 3 free months of Gold Membership. *Do not purchase any MASS products without first applying to become a member at:?https://www.musicacademysuccess.com/apply/
If you purchase memberships without having your application approved, you will not be allowed to join the program.

Gold monthly coaching members receive:

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C. CDs of the call of the month.

D. The MASS resource directory. Full of important info for Academy owners.

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Indicted D.C. Council member Trayon White secures third term despite ongoing bribery case

Ward 8 voters on Tuesday sent incumbent Trayon White back to the D.C. Council for a third term, even as the embattled lawmaker faces a federal bribery case that clouds his political future.




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Democrat Angela Alsobrooks defeats popular ex-Gov. Larry Hogan in Maryland Senate race

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks won the Senate race in deep-blue Maryland on Tuesday over Republican Larry Hogan, a former two-term governor who failed to convert his popularity into an upset win.




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Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia fends off GOP challenger Hung Cao to win 3rd term

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia won reelection to his third term Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Hung Cao.




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Do We Need Churches To Go To Church?

Do We Need Churches To Go To Church? A question that's been asked for hundreds of years, but is answered in this one article. Find out if churches are needed for Christian worship, prayer, fellowship and study.




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Congo's president promises focus on prosperity as his nation nervously prepares for milestone vote

The Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled election this week has already scored at least one small victory for peace.




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Pentagon spokesman defends record of U.S. operations in Europe, Middle East

Ukraine's military is seeing results with a new border-focused strategy after the White House eased the restrictions on Kyiv's use of U.S.-provided weapons to attack Russian targets just across the border, the Pentagon's top spokesman said in an interview this week.




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Famed spy catcher warns of foreign penetration of U.S. government happening now

A veteran spy catcher who helped bring down one of the most notorious Russian spies in American history thinks a mole is burrowed in the U.S. government.




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November gauntlet begins again for Maryland with trip to No. 1 Oregon

Last season marked the first time Maryland posted a .500 or better mark in the month of November under Mike Locksley. College football's final month has always been a gauntlet for Locksley's teams, a trend that continues Saturday at No. 1 Oregon.




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Going west: Maryland's Big Ten trip to No. 1 Oregon features unique wrinkles

The new Big Ten truly comes to full bore for Maryland this weekend with its first-ever West Coast conference trip to No. 1 Oregon, bringing with it a host of logistical tweaks and challenges.




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F1 race director Wittich to be replaced in a surprise move with 3 races to go

Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich will be replaced in a surprise move with three races to go and the title yet to be decided.




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Trump, GOP plan to usher through tax-cut legislation that could also fund border wall

Call it the "Tax Cuts and Wall Act." Republicans, on the verge of a full sweep of government, are plotting immediate legislation that would extend and expand tax cuts, bolster U.S. energy production and perhaps provide money to finish building the southern border wall.




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GOP trifecta could face obstacles in fulfilling agenda, similar to first Trump term

Republicans are touting big plans for the early days of the incoming Trump administration, saying their expected trifecta of power in the House, Senate and White House will allow them to fulfill a lengthy list of campaign promises.




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Uprooting the kudzu: Let's relocate the federal government

President-elect Donald Trump is to return to Washington with the distinct advantage of having previously served in the Oval Office. He is wiser.




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Steady your nerves, stocks remain a good place to invest

Stocks are reasonably priced and are a good place for ordinary folks' long-term savings.




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Roger Goodell says the NFL is working 'very hard' to hold a game in Berlin

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has an answer for German fans wondering about rumors the league could be heading to their capital city of Berlin: "Believe it."




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Free-falling Chicago Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron

The Chicago Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron on Tuesday, hoping to shake up a unit that ranks among the worst in the NFL.




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Giants' Chapman wins fifth Gold Glove while Royals' Witt is among 14 first-time winners

San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball's most famous fielding honor.




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Israeli media: Government confirms Netanyahu ordered pager attack on Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved an audacious plan to employ booby-trapped pagers in September against members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, his office said Monday.




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Evidence Of God

Learn how God reveals Himself by leaving evidence all around us, and how He has done so since creation.




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Loving God-Eating Meat

Understanding modern vegetarianism and veganism in the Jewish and Christian contexts. It is right to kill and eat animals or use them in ceremonies?




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Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon expected to miss multiple weeks with right calf strain

Denver Nuggets power forward Aaron Gordon is expected to miss multiple weeks with a strained right calf, two people familiar with the injury told The Associated Press.




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NASA astronauts won't say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick.




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Jalen Hurts is a go for Eagles after coach contradicts injury report with comment on ankle

Jalen Hurts is clear on the injury report to play for Philadelphia at the Dallas Cowboys after coach Nick Sirianni revealed Friday his quarterback is dealing with an ankle issue.




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NASA astronauts won't say which one of them got sick after almost 8 months in space

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick.




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Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program: 'I got my life back'

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O'Brien returned to the U.S. with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.




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WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'

The World Health Organization said mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda.







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Catalogna, Rajoy ha preferito la guerra sporca al dialogo politico

Il premier spagnolo è chiamato a risolvere una crisi che ha creato. E che il suo partito ha gestito con mezzi non sempre convenzionali: dal dossieraggio a una polizia parallela dentro al ministero dell'Interno.




LETTERA43
 
02-10-2017
 
GIOVANNA FAGGIONATO

 
Mariano Rajoy non mollerà nemmeno questa volta. A meno che non lo costringano a farlo i partiti di opposizione, questo testardo galiziano di provincia, alla guida del Partido Popular da 17 anni, al governo di Madrid da sette, tenterà ancora una volta di presentarsi come il bastione della nazione spagnola. Poco importa che il referendum del primo ottobre abbia mostrato il suo fallimento politico a livello internazionale con la stampa a testimoniare le violenze della Guardia Civil – «tristi, ma proporzionate» le ha definite, «siamo un esempio per il mondo» - su cittadini desiderosi solo di votare. Poco importa che la sua politica abbia creato indipendentisti dove non ce n’erano e abbia semplicemente impedito di capire cosa vogliono realmente i cittadini catalani: una mossa controproducente per tutti coloro che desiderano la Spagna unita.

IMPERMEABILE AGLI SCANDALI. Dopo aver guidato il Paese attraverso la crisi, da leader di un partito al centro della maggiore inchiesta di corruzione della storia nazionale e dopo aver accettato di governare di nuovo senza una maggioranza politica, si farà scivolare addosso anche la pessima gestione dell’autoproclamato referendum catalano, quello che, come ha spiegato alle 20 del primo ottobre, «non è mai esistito». Impermeabile a ogni scandalo, a ogni questione di opportunità, proverà, dopo essere sopravvissuto a incidenti stradali e aerei - il primo gli lasciò cicatrici sul volto, nel secondo si ruppe un dito -, a superare anche la crisi catalana. Una crisi che in questi anni però non ha fatto che alimentare con metodi legali e non, in una guerra sporca che è la cosa più lontana dal dialogo politico invocato in questi giorni.
 
Le tensioni odierne, ormai è noto, sono figlie in prima battuta del ricorso alla Corte costituzionale presentato del Partido popular contro il nuovo Statuto negoziato dal governo di Barcellona con l'esecutivo Zapatero, ratificato da un voto parlamentare e approvato attraverso un referendum della popolazione della Catalogna, seppure ancora una volta con un'affluenza minore della metà degli aventi diritto. Da lì in poi la questione catalana si è avvitata su se stessa in un crescendo di radicalizzazione. Ma intanto Rajoy è arrivato al governo e, mentre i giovani spagnoli passavano giorni e notti a Puerta del Sol a protestare contro una classe politica corrotta e contro un'austerity che colpiva gli ultimi, il Partido popular proseguiva la sua guerra con altri mezzi.

MEZZI NON CONVENZIONALI. Jorge Fernández Díaz, fedelissimo di Rajoy, cattolico numerario dell'Opus Dei ma anche catalano tendenzialmente moderato, da ministro degli Interni a partire dal 2012 e almeno fino al 2017 ha messo in piedi una sorta di di polizia parallela formata da alcuni ufficiali di polizia anche giudiziaria. Il gruppo ha condotto indagini per anni al di fuori dei meccanismi dello stato di diritto, coinvolgendo anche personale di agenzie investigative private. L'obiettivo era ottenere informazioni in merito alle indagini sul caso Gurtel: l'inchiesta che ha portato a scoprire i fondi neri del Partido popular coinvolgendone le prime file, Rajoy compreso, e da cui Calle Genova è riuscita ad uscire più o meno in piedi perchè il computer dove avrebbero dovuto esserci le prove dei finanziamenti rivelati dall'ex tesoriere Luis Barcenas era stato formattato. Ma, e forse è anche più grave, la polizia politica di Diaz si occupava soprattutto del dossieraggio dei nemici del centrodestra di governo e in particolare degli indipendentisti.
 
«NIXON S'È DIMESSO PER MOLTO MENO». «Per qualcosa di molto inferiore», ha scritto El Diario, «Nixon si è dimesso». La vicenda è stata prima raccontata sulla stampa e pochissimo al di fuori dei confini nazionali. Poi è diventata un documentario per mano di due giornalisti di Mediapro, la casa editrice del quotidiano online progressista Publico. Ma nel chiuso circuito mediatico spagnolo solo l'emittente catalana e quella basca hanno deciso di trasmetterlo. Ed è facile capirne il motivo.
 
Tra i politici finiti nel mirino della polizia di Diaz figurano il leader di Podemos Pablo Iglesias, Jordi Pujol, presidente del governo di Catalogna dal 1980 al 2003, e anche l'attuale vicepresidente della Generalitat, Oriol Junqueras, leader della formazione della sinistra indipendentista Esquerra Repubblicana: l'uomo che con l'ex presidente Artus Mas ha progettato il referendum del primo ottobre. Per trovare gli scheletri nascosti dei suoi nemici, il ministro degli Interni si appoggiava al capo dell'ufficio antifrode catalano, Daniel de Alfonso. Ma, secondo alcune conversazioni registrate tra i due, Diaz teneva informato anche Rajoy.

LA FABBRICAZIONE DI FALSI DOCUMENTI. Come succede spesso in questi casi, i dossier mescolavano verità - peraltro facili visto che la classe dirigente catalana è stata coinvolta in numerosi casi di corruzione - e bugie. In mancanza di documenti che provassero la corruzione degli oppositori, infatti, i poliziotti agli ordini del capo dell'Interno si sono spinti anche a fabbricarne di falsi. Da qui vengono le fatture fasulle venezuelane che per un po' hanno inquinato il dibattito sul leader di Podemos. E un altro falso documento è stato utilizzato contro l'ex leader catalano Pujol. L'uomo che ha guidato la regione per 30 anni, peraltro invocandone sempre l'autonomia, è tuttavia finito al centro di un'inchiesta per evasione fiscale e ha confessato di avere all'estero, nel principato di Andorra, milioni di euro sconosciuti al Fisco iberico. I bocconi avvelenati o semplicemente a orologeria sono stati preparati soprattutto in vista della consultazione catalana del 2014.

FONDI PUBBLICI PER INDAGINI FRAUDOLENTE. La presenza della polizia parallela è emersa solo nel 2016 e appena il 21 settembre 2017 la commissione di inchiesta parlamentare che se ne è occupata ha approvato con 172 voti a favore - quelli dei socialisti, di Podemos e degli indipendentisti - la sua relazione finale. Come riporta Publico, i deputati hanno certificato che il ministro degli Interni ha utilizzato fondi pubblici e funzionari statali per indagini fraudolente contro gli oppositori politici. Anche i membri di Ciudadanos, che pure si sono astenuti, ne hanno riconosciuto l'esistenza. Ben inteso, questo non toglie niente all'egoismo fiscale, all'integralismo e alla assenza di razionalità delle rivendicazioni indipendentiste. Ma spiega in parte come siamo arrivati fino a qui, e perché è difficile che Rajoy ne tiri la Spagna fuori. E non è una buona notizia.
 




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Symposium: Nature and Governance – Biodiversity Data, Science, and the Policy Interface

The EU BON project which is coordinated by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin/Germany has started on 1 December and will continue for 4.5 years. The EU BON Kickoff Meeting will be held in Berlin from 13 to 15 February 2013.

With respect to EU BON’s objectives the International Symposium "Nature and Governance – Biodiversity Data, Science, and the Policy Interface" will be held prior to the EU BON Kickoff Meeting from 11 to 12 February in Berlin with high-ranking speakers. You are most welcome to attend the Symposium.

The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is pleased to host this international symposium and will bring together high-ranking speakers and guests from worldwide to talk and discuss about these

Major Topics:

  • What (data) policy needs
  • The future of biodiversity information: new ways for generating, managing, and integrating biodiversity data
  • How new approaches / models can link scales and disciplines
  • Broadening the base and opening up: new ways to engage the public and stakeholders in biodiversity monitoring and assessments
  • Résumé / conclusions

For more details, please have a look at the programme page.

The 1st day of the Symposium and the reception will be held "under the dinosaurs" in the central exhibition hall of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.

The 2nd day will be held in the Seminaris Conference Center in the quiet south-west of Berlin. The closing of the Symposium will be celebrated as "Come together & Ice-Breaker for EU BON Kickoff Meeting" in the nearby beautiful Large Green House of the Botanic Garden Berlin.

If you want to take part, please register at the registration page.





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WWF Report: 52 Percent of the World’s Biodiversity Is Gone

When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its Living Planet Report 2014 on September 30, it wasn’t the usual doom-and-gloom environmental news story that is forgotten the next day.
 
The report — the result of a science-based study using 10,380 populations from 3,038 species of amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles from around the globe — is garnering worldwide attention for its sit-up-and-take-notice findings: between 1970 and 2010, the planet has lost 52 percent of its biodiversity. In the same forty-year period, the human population has nearly doubled. Those figures take a while to sink in, especially since the previous WWF report that analyzed animal populations, published in 2012, showed a decline of only 28 percent over a similar time frame.
 
Specifically, the WWF biennial report found that we have lost 76 percent of freshwater wildlife, 39 percent of terrestrial wildlife, and 39 percent of marine wildlife since 1970. While some animal species numbers are increasing and some are stable, the declining populations are decreasing sorapidly that the overall trend is down. Latin American biodiversity took the biggest plunge, diminishing by 83 percent. Statistics boil down to the fact that every year, we use 1.5 planet’s worth of natural resources. If we all lived the lifestyle of a typical United States resident, we would need 3.9 planets per year. If we all had the footprint of the average citizen of Qatar, we would need 4.8 planets. The term "overshoot day" is defined as the date when we have used up our annual supply of renewable resources and start spending down the Earth’s natural capital. In 2014, that day was August 20.
 
The cause for this staggering demise in biodiversity is human activities. We have degraded natural habitats by clearing forests, plowing grasslands, and polluting waters; and have overhunted the land and overfished the oceans. A single culprit, climate change, is now responsible for 7.1 percent of the current declines in animal populations, but its toll is on the rise.
 
While the WWF Living Planet Report 2014 is distressing, it notes some conservation success stories.Mountain gorillas in Africa are rebounding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda due, in part, to ecotourism. And after the Nepalese government cracked down on poaching in five protected areas, the nation’s tiger population started to increase. The declining trend in worldwide biodiversity can be mitigated and reversed. To achieve sustainability again, each country’s per capita ecological footprint must be less than the per capita biocapacity available, while still maintaining a decent standard of living for its people. 
 




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Aricle Alert: Combining internal and external motivations in multi-actor governance arrangements for biodiversity and ecosystem services

A new paper "Combining internal and external motivations in multi-actor governance arrangements for biodiversity and ecosystem services" published in the journal Environmental Science & Policy looks at ways to motivate actions for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision. The paper is a result of the EU FP7 funded project BIOMOT.

Abstract: 

This paper analyses the possibility of building a mutually supportive dynamics between internally and externally motivated behaviour for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision. To this purpose a face to face survey amongst 169 key actors of 34 highly successful and prominent biodiversity arrangements in seven EU countries was conducted. The main finding of the paper is the feasibility of combining inherently intrinsically motivated behaviours (providing enjoyment, pleasure from experimentation and learning, aesthetic satisfaction) and internalized extrinsic motivations (related to the identification with the collective goals of conservation policy) through a common set of governance features. Successful initiatives that combine internal and external motivations share the following features: inclusive decision making processes, a broad monitoring by "peers" beyond the core staff of the initiatives, and a context that is supportive for the building of autonomous actor competences. These findings are in line with the psycho-sociological theory of motivation, which shows the importance of a psycho-social context leading to a subjective perception of autonomy and a sense of competence of the actors.

Original Source: 

Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Jeroen Admiraal, Almut Beringer, Flavia Bonaiuto, Lavinia Cicero, Paula Fernandez-Wulff, Janneke Hagens, Juha Hiedanpää, Paul Knights, Erica Molinario, Paolo Melindi-Ghidi, Florin Popa, Urban Šilc, Nathalie Soethe, Tiina Soininen, Jose Luis Vivero, Combining internal and external motivations in multi-actor governance arrangements for biodiversity and ecosystem services, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 58, April 2016, Pages 1-10, ISSN 1462-9011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.12.003





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Symposium: Nature and Governance – Biodiversity Data, Science, and the Policy Interface

The EU BON project which is coordinated by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin/Germany has started on 1 December and will continue for 4.5 years. The EU BON Kickoff Meeting will be held in Berlin from 13 to 15 February 2013.
With respect to EU BON’s objectives the International Symposium "Nature and Governance – Biodiversity Data, Science, and the Policy Interface" will be held prior to the EU BON Kickoff Meeting from 11 to 12 February in Berlin with high-ranking speakers. You are most welcome to attend the Symposium.
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is pleased to host this international symposium and will bring together high-ranking speakers and guests from worldwide to talk and discuss about these
Major Topics:
- What (data) policy needs
- The future of biodiversity information: new ways for generating, managing, and integrating biodiversity data
- How new approaches / models can link scales and disciplines
- Broadening the base and opening up: new ways to engage the public and stakeholders in biodiversity monitoring and assessments
- Résumé / conclusions
For more details, please have a look at the programme page.
The 1st day of the Symposium and the reception will be held "under the dinosaurs" in the central exhibition hall of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
The 2nd day will be held in the Seminaris Conference Center in the quiet south-west of Berlin. The closing of the Symposium will be celebrated as "Come together & Ice-Breaker for EU BON Kickoff Meeting" in the nearby beautiful Large Green House of the Botanic Garden Berlin.
If you want to take part, please register at the registration page.