Essays about: "Nicaragua"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 105 essays containing the word Nicaragua.
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31. State Responsibility for Genocide - The International Court of Justice's Judgment in the Genocide Case and its Aftermath
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : State responsibility for commission of genocide has a jus cogens status in customary international law and is based on the general rule of attribution: whether the persons or groups acting within the State are acting, or at least can be treated as acting on behalf of the State is key for State responsibility to arise. For non-state actors to be attributable to the State the relationship between them must be one of “complete dependence”, as the test of control formulated in the Nicaragua case of 1986 suggests. READ MORE
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32. The water footprint of coffee production in Miraflor, Nicaragua
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : A water footprint is a tool for assessing the impacts of freshwater use by mapping the water use of the production of a good or a service, a process in a production chain, a business or even of a whole country. One of the most commonly used methods for calculating the water footprint was developed by the Water Footprint Network (WFN). READ MORE
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33. Farmers' practices and the metabolic rift: An analysis of the interconnections between coffee production and climate change adaptation in the Nicaraguan mountain region
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Climate smart territories are proposed as the solution to the perceived problems of poverty, food insecurity, gender equality, degradation of eco-systems, and climate change vulnerability, in the mountain region in Nicaragua. By educating farmers and rural families the practices that lead to these problems can be changed. READ MORE
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34. The Nicaraguan Canal Agreement: A Study of a Contemporary Investment Agreement and the Historical Patterns that Helped Shape It
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : In December 2014, Nicaragua officially launched one of the world’s largest engineering projects in history, as construction began on a 278 km transoceanic canal with an estimated cost of US$50 billion. To implement and finance the project, Nicaragua has made an agreement with the foreign investor HKND that has received widespread attention and critique. READ MORE
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35. A hydrochemical investigation and socioeconomic assessment in Rio Zapomeca river basin focusing on arsenic contamination
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI)Abstract : The awareness of problems concerning arsenic contaminated drinking water sources has during recent years increased. WHO (World Health Organization) decided in 1993 to lower the recommended limit of arsenic in drinking water from 50 μg/l to 10 μg/l, mainly due to observations of its carcinogenicity. READ MORE
