Copyright

Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subject to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States. Some jurisdictions require "fixing" copyrighted works in a tangible form. It is often shared among multiple authors, …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English

In this integrated cost-benefit analysis, the Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) Global Resource Centre demonstrates the potential of ecosystem-based adaptation to stabilize hydrology and ensure a reliable water and energy supply in …

Resource Centre Focus area Economies Publisher IISD Copyright IISD, 2024 You might also be interested in Sustainable


Fraser Institute · 18 July 2024 English

The federal government has set a GHG emissions reduction target of at least 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, equivalent to 38.5% below 2022 levels. This report examines proposed policies …

e-mail: communications@fraserinstitute.org. Copyright Copyright © 2024 by the Fraser Institute. All rights


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 July 2024 English

This report explores Indonesia's agrifood systems transformation, offering insights from innovative economic models to guide policy-makers in developing effective, sustainable policies.

Transformation Focus area Climate Resources Publisher FAO Copyright FAO, 2024 You might also be interested in Download


Fraser Institute · 16 July 2024 English

Poor government policy has led to a significant deterioration in Canada’s federal finances over the last decade. The introduction of new and expanded government programs has caused federal spending to …

e-mail: communications@fraserinstitute.org. Copyright Copyright © 2024 by the Fraser Institute. All rights


DDN: Dundurn Press · 16 July 2024 English

As Udonwa grows, her hidden family history changes her forever.Let me tell you a story. It’s about a war. This war is not the type fought with guns and machetes. …

blankCHINENYE EMEZIE BORN IN A HOUSE OF GLASSText © copyright by Chinenye Emezie, 2021. Glass House by Chinenye to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 July 2024 English

Invisible Lives chronicles cycles of dysfunction and domestic violence. Using experimental hybrid poetry, Cristalle Smith breaks generational silence in lyric resonance, reflecting on a childhood rife with upheaval and poverty, …


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

Resistant Practices in Communities of Sound explores the ways that sonic practices (speaking, listening, recording, etc.) serve as forms of aesthetic and political dissent throughout the literary, artistic, and academic …


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

Western modernity is characterized by instrumental relations between humans and nature, as well as between humans themselves, that have caused irreversible environmental and social exploitation and degradation. Many policy documents, …


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

The Poetics of Translation challenges our pragmatic understanding of translation through the discipline’s use in contemporary innovative writing practices, highlighting translation’s ability to create meaning, celebrate uncertainty, and interpret rather …


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