The President's Council on Bioethics is charged with advising the President of the United States on bioethical issues that may emerge as a consequence of advances in biomedical science and technology, such as embryo and stem cell research, assisted reproduction, cloning, enhancement of human capacities through genetics and the neurosciences, and end-of-life issues. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Federal Environment Agency is the scientific environmental authority under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), responsible for the most diverse range of topics. Our goals are to protect and maintain natural resources, also as an act of responsibility towards future generations, to advance sustainable development, to promote environmental protection as a matter of course in the thinking and action of everybody. ... [Information of the supplier]
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the largest and most experienced nature protection organisations in the world and is active in more than 100 countries. It is supported, worldwide, by more than five million sponsors. In the global network of WWF, 59 national sections, programme offices, and partner organisations co-operate. In 2005, about 4400 co-workers throughout the world, carried out 2000 projects for the conservation of biological diversity. For this, WWF invested altogether about 362 million Euros. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. RAN accomplishes its mission through dynamic, hard-hitting campaigns that work to bring corporate and governmental policies into alignment with popular support for rainforest conservation. RAN works in alliance with environmental and human rights groups around the world, including indigenous forest communities and non-governmental organizations in rainforest countries. ... [Information of the supplier]
In 1986 faculty members of Ruhr-University founded the Zentrum für Medizinische Ethik. The Center is a non-profit tax-exempt institution and serves as a research, teaching and consulting center in issues of applied ethics, especially in clinical ethics and bioethics. The Center specializes in developing practical instruments for moral assessment of cases and scenarios in biomedical research and patient care. ... [Information of the supplier]
An zahlreichen Hochschulen sind in den Fachbereichen Medizin, Tiermedizin und Biologie Tierversuche, bzw. Übungen an eigens zu diesem Zweck getöteten Tieren, Pflichtbestandteil der Ausbildung. Immer wieder weigern sich Studierende, an diesen, so genannten "tierverbrauchenden" Praktika teilzunehmen. Mehr und mehr Hochschulen ziehen die Konsequenzen daraus und bieten tierverbrauchsfreie Lehrmethoden an. SATIS (lat.: "genug") versteht sich als Forum der Studierenden, die den "Tierverbrauch" in der Ausbildung ablehnen. Statt veralteter Lehrmethoden, für die Tiere ihr Leben lassen müssen, fordern wir den Einsatz von tiermissbrauchsfreien Lehrmethoden, die einen respektvollen Umgang mit Lebewesen ermöglichen und gewährleisten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) is one of the oldest and largest environment associations in Germany. The association encompasses about 450,000 members and sponsors, who commit themselves to the conservation of threatened habitats, flora and fauna, to climate protection and energy policy. NABU`s main objectives are the preservation of habitats and biodiversity, the promotion of sustainability in agriculture, forest management and water supply and distribution, as well as to enhance the significance of nature conservation in our society. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die DGM bietet einen organisatorischen Rahmen für Informations- und Meinungsaustausch zu meereskundlichen Themen. Die DGM gibt vierteljährlich ein Mitteilungsblatt heraus, das Beiträge und Informationen aus allen Bereichen der Meeresforschung enthält. Darüberhinaus soll das Mitteilungsblatt als Diskussionsforum dienen. [Information des Anbieters]
The European Science Foundation promotes high quality science at a European level. It acts as a catalyst for the development of science by bringing together leading scientists and funding agencies to debate, plan and implement pan-European initiatives. [Information of the supplier]