First Meeting of the Working Group for the Western Palaearctic, Migratory Birds Commision, International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation, held at 15 Rue de Téhéran, 75008 Paris, France, on 7 December 1984

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-89
Author(s):  
Samir I. Ghabbour
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
International Council ◽  
Western Palaearctic

KEYS TO SUCCESS IN DEVELOPING THE FIRST JOINT TRANS-BOUNDARY WILDLIFE RESPONSE GUIDELINES: THE CANADA/UNITED STATES DIXON ENTRANCE EXAMPLE

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
pp. 707-710
Author(s):  
Pamela Bergmann ◽  
Paul Ross
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
United States Coast Guard ◽  
Boundary Area ◽  
Group Members ◽  
In Trans

ABSTRACT A paper written for the 2001 International Oil Spill Conference (Bergmann and Russo, 2001) discussed the first-of-its-kind, wildlife-response contingency planning effort underway in the trans-boundary area, known as Dixon Entrance, between British Columbia (B.C.) in Canada and Alaska in the United States (U.S.). The paper described how this initiative was conducted within the framework of Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) joint contingency planning in Dixon Entrance. The paper focused on activities successfully completed at that time; namely, a 1999 workshop attended by key Canadian and U.S. stakeholders, which resulted in an agreement by Canadian and U.S. wildlife resource agency representatives to develop a joint Dixon Entrance wildlife response plan focusing on migratory birds and sea otters. This paper describes how, following the workshop, a joint Canada/U.S. Dixon Entrance (CANUSDIX) wildlife response working group was established to complete this task. The resulting Canada-United States Marine Spill Pollution Contingency Plan CANUSDIX Annex-Operation Appendix: Wildlife Response Guidelines (CANUSDIX Wildlife Response Guidelines) (DOI-OEPC et al, 2003) were completed and signed by appropriate Canadian and U.S. wildlife resource agency officials in April 2003, and were then adopted by the CCG and USCG in September 2003. The paper also provides an overview of the process used by working group members and their stakeholder partners to develop the guidelines. Moreover, the paper describes: (1) factors that helped contribute to the success of the effort; (2) challenges that had to be overcome; (3) milestones that helped keep the work on track; and (4) additional unanticipated benefits. Together, this information will allow other parties in trans-boundary areas around the world to use the Dixon Entrance wildlife response guidelines, and the process undertaken to develop the document, as a model for conducting similar pre-incident planning.

scholarly journals Wildlife Conservation Sunflower Plots and Croplands as Fall Habitat for Migratory Birds

2010 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heath M. Hagy ◽  
George M. Linz ◽  
William J. Bleier
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Migratory Birds

A note on the draft International Council for Harmonisation guidance on estimands and sensitivity analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devan V Mehrotra
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Trial Design ◽  
Clinical Trial Design ◽  
Steering Committee ◽  
Therapeutic Area ◽  
International Council ◽  
Expert Working Group

In the second half of 2014, the Steering Committee of the International Council for Harmonisation endorsed the formation of an expert working group to develop an addendum to the International Council for Harmonisation E9 guideline ( Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials). The addendum was to focus on two clinical trial topics: estimands and sensitivity analysis. A draft of the addendum, referred to as E9/R1, was developed by the expert working group and made available for public comments across the International Council for Harmonisation regions in the second half of 2017. A structured framework for clinical trial design and analysis proposed in the draft addendum are briefly described, including four key inputs for developing objective-driven estimands and strategies for tackling one of the inputs (‘intercurrent events’). The proposed framework aligns each clinical trial objective with the corresponding statistical target of estimation (estimand), trial design and data to be collected, main method of estimation/inference, and sensitivity analysis to pressure test key analytic assumption(s) in the main analysis. A case study from the diabetes therapeutic area illustrates how the framework can be implemented in practice. International Council for Harmonisation E9/R1 is expected to enable better planning, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of randomised clinical trials. This will facilitate improvements in new drug applications and strengthen understanding of decision making by regulatory authorities and advisory committees.

scholarly journals A Note on the Origin, Objectives and Programme of Project Merit

1980 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 275-276
Author(s):  
George A Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Association ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Council ◽  
Special Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Draft Proposal ◽  
International Coordination ◽  
Set Up

Project MERIT is a special programme of international collaboration to Monitor Earth-Rotation and Intercompare the Techniques of observation and analysis. It was conceived in 1978 at IAU Symposium No 82 on Time and the Earth’s Rotation and a draft proposal was prepared by a working group set up by the Presidents of IAU Commissions 19 and 31. The proposal was endorsed at the IAU General Assembly at Montreal in 1979 August and at the IUGG General Assembly at Canberra in 1979 December, when the organisation and membership of the Working Group were modified accordingly. The Group is affiliated to the Commission on the International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CSTG), which is sponsored by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and by COSPAR. Project MERIT has received the support of the International Council of Scientific Unions and of many national organisations and observatories throughout the world.

Aspects Related to the Implementation of Ethical Principles in Museums

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Hildegard K. Vieregg
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Museum Studies ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
International Council ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Museum Ethics

Significant changes in museum studies - up to the commercialization - show that the basic remits of amuseum should be permanently reflected and modified in accordance with the ICOM Code of Ethics. Museum Ethics was discussed in the USA already in the 1920s. The latest results of the “Ethics Working Group” for museums of natural science at the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST) showed the necessity to create general binding principles for museums of any typology. One of the most important aims of museums worldwide is to getthe cultural und natural heritage over to people of all groups of our society. “Art and Commerce” as well as ethically positive examples of museum conceptions will be explained on examples.

2.2. Working Group 2: Conceptual Definitions of Reference Coordinate Systems for Earth Dynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate System ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Character ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Reference Coordinate System ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Earth Dynamics

An ideal definition of a reference coordinate system should meet the following general requirements:1. It should be as conceptually simple as possible, so its philosophy is well understood by the users.2. It should imply as few physical assumptions as possible. Wherever they are necessary, such assumptions should be of a very general character and, in particular, they should not be dependent upon astronomical and geophysical detailed theories.3. It should suggest a materialization that is dynamically stable and is accessible to observations with the required accuracy.

Models of Thermodynamic Properties of Prominences

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 349-355
Author(s):  
R.W. Milkey
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Emission Spectrum ◽  
Thermodynamic Parameters ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Observational Techniques

The focus of discussion in Working Group 3 was on the Thermodynamic Properties as determined spectroscopically, including the observational techniques and the theoretical modeling of physical processes responsible for the emission spectrum. Recent advances in observational techniques and theoretical concepts make this discussion particularly timely. It is wise to remember that the determination of thermodynamic parameters is not an end in itself and that these are interesting chiefly for what they can tell us about the energetics and mass transport in prominences.

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