In the mathematical field of graph theory, an agreement forest for two given (leaf-labeled, irreductible) trees is any (leaf-labeled, irreductible) forest which can, informally speaking, be obtained from both trees by removing a common number of edges. Agreement forests first arose when studying combinatorial problems related to computational phylogenetics, in particular tree rearrangements. (Wikipedia).
The End of Austria-Hungary: Treaty of Saint-Germain 1919
The Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany was only one of the peace treaties that followed the defeat of the Central Powers. The new Austrian republic, one of the countries that emerged from the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, also tried to get a favorable deal with
From playlist All Videos from THE GREAT WAR - chronological order
The Lost Forest | Nobel Peace Prize Shorts
An international team of scientists and explorers, lead by Dr Julian Bayliss, go on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to reach a forest that no human has set foot in. The team, including some of the world’s foremost climate change experts, aims to collect data from the forest to help
From playlist News | National Geographic
Paris climate talks: The anatomy of an agreement
The focus of the Paris climate talks is to reach an agreement on carbon emissions. This agreement takes the form of a mammoth document - full of articles, definitions and clauses. Nature Video takes a look at the anatomy of this agreement, with help from John O. Niles of UC San Diego.
From playlist Paris climate talks
Celebrating 50 Years of America's Wild Spaces | National Geographic
Fifty years ago, in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law, setting 54 areas aside for federal protection. It opened the way for an American wilderness system that has grown to more than 110 million protected acres in which, the act says, "the earth and its
From playlist Nature & Environment | National Geographic
Copenhagen: For forests, a deal almost done
A global deal on protecting forests is likely to be one of the triumphs of the Copenhagen climate talks. Nature's Olive Heffernan gets the inside story from Paraguay's chief negotiator on how close we are to sealing a deal to reduce deforestation.
From playlist Ecology, Conservation & Climate Change
Bulgaria's Versailles - The Treaty of Neuilly 1919
The Treaty of Neuilly is one of the lesser known Peace Treaties after the First World War. It codified the peace between Bulgaria, one of the Central Powers, and its neighbors who all had territorial claims. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatwar Become a m
From playlist The Great War - 1919
Signing Of The Paris Pacts - Germany Joins N.A.T.O. (1954)
Salon de l'Horloge, Quai D'Orsay. Documentation on file, signing of the Paris pact - Germany joins NATO. LS. Delegates at tables. MS. Mr Anthony Eden signing of the Paris pact. MS. Mendes-France Prime Minister of France seated. MS. Mr Foster Dulles Republican Secretary of State sign
From playlist NATO
Why We Should Set Forests on Fire
We’ve done a lot of damage to our forests over the years through logging and poor fire management. All this has led to the devastating fire seasons that currently dominate the western United States. But the U.S. Forest Service has learned a lot since then and now knows the benefits that th
From playlist Impact of Everything
Controlling Climate Change After Copenhagen
(February 10, 2010) Bert Metz, former co-chair of the IPCC Working Group on Mitigation of Climate Change and advisor to the European Climate Foundation, discusses the implications of the poor results of the 2009 Copenhagen Summit along with his new book, Controlling Climate Change, which p
From playlist Lecture Collection | Energy Seminar
Ben Cashore is Professor of Environmental Governance and Political Science at Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His research interests focus on non-state market-driven environmental governance, the impact and opportunities of globalization and internationalization on dom
From playlist The MacMillan Report
Reconstructing phylogenetic networks from trees by Simone Linz
CMSA Combinatorics Seminar, 27 October 2020
From playlist CMSA Combinatorics Seminar
What Negotiators Ought to Know About Making REDD+ Real and Do Not Dare to Think About
From playlist TEEB @ Yale
Charles Bordenave: Compter et optimiser avec les graphes unimodulaires - 2
Find this video and other talks given by worldwide mathematicians on CIRM's Audiovisual Mathematics Library: http://library.cirm-math.fr. And discover all its functionalities: - Chapter markers and keywords to watch the parts of your choice in the video - Videos enriched with abstracts, b
From playlist Probability and Statistics
British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest is home to ancient trees and wildlife of all kinds, including a rare type of bear. Learn more about this unique ecosystem -- and efforts to conserve and sustainably manage it -- in this episode.
From playlist The Coolest Stuff on the Planet
Nathaniel Keohane: The 2018 EP&E Robert H. Litowitz Lecture
“Turning the Corner to Climate Safety: The Economics and the Politics of Solving the Climate Crisis” Speaker: Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate Program, Environmental Defense Fund Lecture was presented on April 26, 2018 at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Y
From playlist The Robert H. Litowitz Lecture Series
CGSR | Why do we still need climate science?
Talk Abstract It is well-established that climate change is happening and is caused by humans. Further, it is clear that humanity is largely not doing the things we know we need to do to control the problem. Given that, why do we still need climate science? Our recent and ongoing experie
From playlist Center for Global Security Research
Local & Regional Policy & Management: Natural Resources and Poverty
Including ESS in Natural Resource management (Agriculture and forestry), protected areas
From playlist TEEB @ Yale
Full title reads: "Washington - Atlantic Pact - 12 Nations Unite For Peace". Washington DC, United States of America (USA). LV Foreign Ministers entering the Departmental Auditorium. LV Ministers assembled on dais. SV Flags of countries signing. CU Map. Pointers sprout out to Pact co
From playlist NATO
International Environmental Law
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From playlist UC Irvine School of Law: 2012 Lectures & Seminar Series