Annual Call for Projects 2005
Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Projects: Evaluating 12 Years of Cooperation
The first Israeli-Palestinian international academic conference on water was held in Zürich in December 1992. It served as a prelude to the "water" component of the Oslo accords.
The conference represented the starting point of a long series of cooperative projects between Israelis and Palestinians aimed at addressing water-related issues in a context of shortages and conflicts over appropriation questions.
In parallel to the negotiations and official cooperation between authorities and governmental institutions of both parties...
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Annual Call for Projects 2001
Environment and Sustainable Development: Implications of Biosafety
This research project on biosafety will focus on issues raised by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety signed in January 2000 in Montreal. The Cartagena Protocol is an important link in the implementation of instruments seeking to protect biodiversity from potential risks brought about by the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It is based on the precautionary principle and provides the introduction of safety norms during transport, use and disposal of GMOs regulated in the Protocol. It authorises importing countries to...
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