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Most recently, the Government held consultations on the design of the Offset System based on the elements of the System set out in Turning the Corner. [...] In particular, each protocol must include the following: • a detailed description of the project type covered by the protocol • the identifi cation of all greenhouse gas sources, sinks and reservoirs (upstream and downstream) that could be impacted by the project and the identifi cation of those that are relevant and must be quantifi ed • a detailed assessment of each possible baseline scenario an [...] The intent of this requirement is: • to ensure the environmental integrity of the Offset System by supplying Project Proponents with a rigorous and consistent approach for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions from a project type; and • to facilitate participation in the Offset System by making the review of project applications by Environment Canada as effi cient and fair as possible, and by prov [...] Program Authority registers the project as an Offset Project and completes the Registered Project Document Purpose [38] Registration confi rms that the project is within the scope of the Offset System, the project eligibility criteria are satisfi ed, and the methods for monitoring/estimation, data management, quantifi cation and reporting of reductions from the Offset Project are appropriate and u [...] Requirements [52] Each Project Document must include contact information for the Project Proponent, a description of the project, an estimate of the expected greenhouse gas reductions, and technical information demonstrating that the project and the anticipated greenhouse gas reductions to be achieved from the project meet all the Offset System eligibility requirements.… (more)
Covers the European exploration of the New World, from 1415 to 1620. An interesting and useful treatment of a well-covered aspect of history. Few make science and history as accessible as the Time-Life folks. ( )
The Renaissance voyages of discovery rank as one of history's two or three most important phenomena in terms of their effect on the modern world.
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The explorers of the Renaissance, often poor, often undervalued in their own time, are commemorated in every modern atlas; they have an enduring monument in that most useful roll of honor, the geographical gazetteer, in whose pages are listed the thousands of places - many still bearing their discoverers' names - that first became known to Europe through the Renaissance journeys into the unknown.
Most recently, the Government held consultations on the design of the Offset System based on the elements of the System set out in Turning the Corner. [...] In particular, each protocol must include the following: • a detailed description of the project type covered by the protocol • the identifi cation of all greenhouse gas sources, sinks and reservoirs (upstream and downstream) that could be impacted by the project and the identifi cation of those that are relevant and must be quantifi ed • a detailed assessment of each possible baseline scenario an [...] The intent of this requirement is: • to ensure the environmental integrity of the Offset System by supplying Project Proponents with a rigorous and consistent approach for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions from a project type; and • to facilitate participation in the Offset System by making the review of project applications by Environment Canada as effi cient and fair as possible, and by prov [...] Program Authority registers the project as an Offset Project and completes the Registered Project Document Purpose [38] Registration confi rms that the project is within the scope of the Offset System, the project eligibility criteria are satisfi ed, and the methods for monitoring/estimation, data management, quantifi cation and reporting of reductions from the Offset Project are appropriate and u [...] Requirements [52] Each Project Document must include contact information for the Project Proponent, a description of the project, an estimate of the expected greenhouse gas reductions, and technical information demonstrating that the project and the anticipated greenhouse gas reductions to be achieved from the project meet all the Offset System eligibility requirements.
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