Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Safeguarding a Precious Resource
Author: Safeguarding precious resources for island communities
Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231000411
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
"This publication aims to inform and guide decision-makers, professionals and local communities in their endeavors to create synergies between improving living conditions and caring for the environment, both natural and human-made"--Publisher's website.
Safeguarding Intangible Assets
Author: Michael D. MoberlyPublisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0128006021
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides strategies for preserving and enhancing a company's intangible assets to increase its profitability, competitiveness, and sustainability. Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, methodologies, and brand typically account for 80 percent of an organization's value and revenue. There are many forces making it more and more difficult to protect these assets, and securing them is a complex issue often overlooked by security and risk managers. Many security managers do not have adequate policies or procedures in place to protect these assets from compromise, infringement, and theft. Safeguarding Intangible Assets provides managers with the tools necessary for protecting these assets through effective and consistent oversight designed to preserve their control, use, and ownership. The book offers strategies for various types of business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate-university R&D alliances, new product launches, early stage firms, and university-based spin-offs. - Offers step-by-step guidelines and best practices for establishing and maintaining an intangible asset protection program - Provides intangible asset risk management strategies that preserve the company's value, revenue, and competitive advantages - Shows how to collaboratively build a company culture that anticipates and recognizes intangible asset risks in everyday transactions and operations - Strengthens the interface with other departments' security practices, including IT, management, legal, accounting, finance, and risk management
The Child Safeguarding Policy Guide for Churches and Ministries
Author: Basyle TchividjianPublisher: New Growth Press
ISBN: 1945270063
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Churches are supposed to be a safe haven, but many deal with the tragic reality of child sexual abuse. This guide, supported by a multidisciplinary team of child abuse experts, helps churches and faith communities formulate policies and procedures to protect children and address possible abuse in their ministries.
Safeguarding Cultural Properties
Author: Stevan P. LaynePublisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0124201806
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Safeguarding Cultural Properties is a step-by-step guide for creating and maintaining a comprehensive security program in any cultural facility or public institution. Author Stevan P. Layne, the leading expert in the field of cultural property protection, draws from his many years of experience providing protection training and planning to more than 350 cultural and public institutions around the world. Designed especially for those with limited security budgets, the book provides a proven and effective program for hiring the right security personnel, selecting the appropriate electronic security systems, and coordinating critical emergency response, along with all the other security issues unique to the needs of a cultural institution. For individuals responsible for the protection of the people, assets, and collections, Safeguarding Cultural Properties saves time and money by providing the essential resources needed for creating a short- and long-term protection plan. - The only how-to manual written specifically for security managers of museums, libraries, zoos, and other public and private historic sites - Suitable for both large and small cultural institutions, it covers topics such as personnel security, fire protection, physical security, emergency response, theft protection, and more - Provides actionable, cost-effective solutions for institutions with limited security budgets and resources
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
United States Statutes at Large
Author: United StatesFederal Register
Author: Circular Economy Applications for Water Security
Author: Erick R. BandalaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040100082
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In arid and semi-arid regions, where water demand exceeds water availability, water security is becoming a significant concern not only related to water availability but also to rigorous and costly requirements to remove conventional and emerging contaminants from effluents discharging into drinking water sources or as water reuse becomes an alternate water supply for communities in these regions. Water and wastewater treatment demands a great amount of energy and resources, highlighting the need for novel applications of the circular economy concept. Circular Economy Applications for Water Security examines knowledge gaps, avenues of future research, and challenges related to the potential of enhanced underutilized/waste materials as a transition to circular economy applications for ensuring the proper quality of water. This book includes fundamental information and practical examples that helps to better understand the concepts included. The circular economy concept is helpful to incept sustainability in the water treatment processes. Every chapter includes the identification of knowledge gaps, avenues for further research, and challenges that guide readers towards real state-of-the-art analysis. Contributors are experts in their areas and will commit to explaining concepts in a user-friendly way without missing scientific rigor.
Protection of Roadless Areas
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest health
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description