Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 1999

(PDF contains 81 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2000

(PDF contains 76 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2001

(PDF contains 148 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2002

Missing July issue. (PDF contains 102 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2003

(PDF contains 94 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2004

(PDF contains 92 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2005

(PDF contains 89 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2006

(PDF contains 88 pages.)

Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2007

(PDF contains 88 pages.)

Presidential Address: The Aquatic Plant Management Society and Our Future Sphere of Influence

Presidential address of Alison M. Fox

Letter from the Editor: special issue of papers on “The Use of Native Insect Herbivores for the Management of Eurasian Watermilfoil," presented at a special session of the Annual Meeting, Aquatic Plant Management Society, July 1998, Memphis, TN

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Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, 2008

(PDF contains 88 pages.)

The Politics of Internet Regulation in Brazil : dynamics, factors, and actors in broadband policy

In May 2010, Brazil joined the roll of nations with a National Broadband Plan. The Decree nº 7,175/2010 had implemented a program that aimed to offer 30 million permanent broadband accesses until 2014 and established its main goals, such as accelerating economic and social development, promoting digital inclusion, reducing social and regional inequalities, promoting a generation of employment and income, and expanding electronic government services. However, the broadband access in Brazil is limited, expensive, and centralized in the main urban centres. Despite the fast growth in the past years due to mobile internet access, the market is still concentrated in the local incumbent operators that currently provide mobile services, landline services and Paid-TV services, resulting in a high level of market verticalization. The following dissertation investigates the constraint of broadband access development, the dynamics, the actors, and the factors that have delayed the roll-out of broadband services in Brazil. The study also promotes reflections about the challenge posed by the media, by costumers associations and by public opinion as critical observers of the policy making process. This research examines on the political influence towards regulation to determine the way policy will benefit interest groups. Many interviews have been conducted in order to understand the forces which have been acting in the telecommunications in Brazil after privatization, in 1998. This study aims to provide a better understanding of telecommunications regulatory process in Brazil, in order to help the country finding an adequate policy which can lead to the implementation of a broadband roll-out. The universal broadband access is the only way to benefit the whole society in Brazil with a satisfactory level of education and create more jobs and economic development regarding the plenty use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

The STREAM Initiative: support to regional aquatic resources management. Promoting participation, communication, and policies that support the livelihoods of poor aquatic resource users in the Asia-Pacific. Memorandum

Throughout the Asia-Pacific region capture fisheries and certain less intensive forms of aquaculture can and do play a vital role in livelihoods management, food security, and health and nutrition. Knowledge and experience exist that could be more effectively used in policy for poverty alleviation. (PDF contains 89 pages)

Promoting the institutional repository at the University of West London

Implementing resource discovery techniques at the University of West London Promoting the institutional repository at the University of West London