• Habitat II, the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 3–14 June 1996, twenty years after Habitat I...
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    In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction...
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  • The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey...
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  • Genesis II is the second experimental space habitat designed and built by the private American firm Bigelow Aerospace, launched in 2007. As the second...
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    Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The...
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  • Social Council (ECOSOC), as the governing body. Habitat II met in Istanbul, Turkey, 3–14 June 1996. Habitat III met in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 to 20 October...
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    Underwater habitats are underwater structures in which people can live for extended periods and carry out most of the basic human functions of a 24-hour...
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  • Principle, as first elaborated in the Agenda arising from the United Nations Habitat II conference, permits states to take pre-emptive or restraining actions...
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    The Tektite habitat was an underwater laboratory which was the home to divers during Tektite I and II programs. The Tektite program was the first scientists-in-the-sea...
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    A Mars habitat is a hypothetical place where humans could live on Mars. Mars habitats would have to contend with surface conditions that include almost...
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    praised Sulabh's sanitation system as a global "Urban Best Practice" at the Habitat II conference held at Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1996.[citation needed] The...
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  • established the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements - UNCHS (Habitat). Habitat II, the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, was held...
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    Urbanization and its Impact on Seoul, Korea (PDF). Urbanization, East Asia and Habitat II. Taiwan NGO Professionalization Watch. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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    member of the UN Secretary General's international advisory group for the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul. Dürr was a member of the Club of Rome and served...
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  • The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and sustainable...
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    Inflatable habitats or expandable habitats are pressurized tent-like structures capable of supporting life in outer space whose internal volume increases...
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    active and influential participant in the Habitat deliberations, confirming both Habitat I and Habitat II's focus on 'development in cities' instead of...
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    the Quality of Life (commissioner, 1992–1996); and People's Forum for Habitat II (national convenor, 1995–1996). David also served as consultant to poverty...
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    denied by the Chinese Government. The TJC participated in the Conference Habitat II (en) of the United Nations Programme for Human Settlements in Istanbul...
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  • Misión Hábitat ("Mission Habitat") is a Venezuelan Bolivarian Mission aims to construct of thousands of new housing units for the poor. The program also...
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    the surface are not distributed uniformly; the ocean's surface provides habitat for unique neustonic communities and ecoregions found at only certain latitudes...
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    multiple lineages to move and adapt to new environmentally-challenging habitats. Researchers estimate that 690,000 carcasses/skeletons of the nine largest...
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    Retrieved 27 March 2013. "Baiyoke Tower II". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 27 March 2013. "Wuxi Maoye City -...
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    The Centro Habitat Mediterraneo (CHM; Italian for "Center for Mediterranean Habitat") is an oasis of 20 hectares (49 acres), located on the Italian coast...
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  • Chapter II – Protection of habitats Here are set out the obligations of the Contracting Parties concerning the conservation of the habitats. Chapter...
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    their importance in energy transfer and nutrient cycling in extreme habitats. II. Classification and Characteristics   Taxonomy and phylogenetic placement...
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  • The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive...
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    from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of...
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  • Bart the Bear 2, also called Bart the Bear II, Bart 2, Bart II, or Little Bart (January 20, 2000 – November 14, 2021) was a male interior Alaskan grizzly...
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    II". SkyscraperPage. Baiyoke Tower II at Structurae "100 Tallest Hotels". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 17...
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