To encourage more voluntary blood donation,promote the implementation of global blood safety programs,and honor blood safety workers worldwide,the World Health Organization(WHO),International Federation of Red Cross a...To encourage more voluntary blood donation,promote the implementation of global blood safety programs,and honor blood safety workers worldwide,the World Health Organization(WHO),International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations,and International Society of Blood Transfusion collectively established June 14th as“World Blood Donor Day”beginning in 2004.This date commemorates the birthday of Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine and Physiology Karl Landsteiner,renowned as the“father of blood typing”for his discovery of the ABO blood group system(1).展开更多
Wild tigers are being annihilated.Tiger range countries and their partners met at the 1st Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in January 2010 to mandate the creation of the Global Tiger Recovery Program...Wild tigers are being annihilated.Tiger range countries and their partners met at the 1st Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in January 2010 to mandate the creation of the Global Tiger Recovery Program to double the number of tigers by 2022.Only 3200-3600 wild adult tigers remain,approximately half of the population estimated a decade ago.Tigers now live in only 13 countries,all of which are experiencing severe environmental challenges and degradation from the effects of human population growth,brisk economic expansion,rapid urbanization,massive infrastructure development and climate change.The overarching challenge of tiger conservation,and the conservation of biodiversity generally,is that there is insufficient demand for the survival of wild tigers living in natural landscapes.This allows the criminal activities of poaching wild tigers and their prey and trafficking in tiger derivatives to flourish and tiger landscapes to be diminished.The Global Tiger Recovery Program will support scaling up of practices already proven effective in one or more tiger range countries that need wider policy support,usually resources,and new transnational actions that enhance the effectiveness of individual country actions.The program is built on robust National Tiger Recovery Priorities that are grouped into themes:(i)strengthening policies that protect tigers;(ii)protecting tiger conservation landscapes;(iii)scientific management and monitoring;(iv)engaging communities;(v)cooperative management of international tiger landscapes;(vi)eliminating transnational illegal wildlife trade;(vii)persuading people to stop consuming tiger;(viii)enhancing professional capacity of policy-makers and practitioners;and(ix)developing sustainable,long-term financing mechanisms for tiger and biodiversity conservation.展开更多
文摘To encourage more voluntary blood donation,promote the implementation of global blood safety programs,and honor blood safety workers worldwide,the World Health Organization(WHO),International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations,and International Society of Blood Transfusion collectively established June 14th as“World Blood Donor Day”beginning in 2004.This date commemorates the birthday of Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine and Physiology Karl Landsteiner,renowned as the“father of blood typing”for his discovery of the ABO blood group system(1).
文摘Wild tigers are being annihilated.Tiger range countries and their partners met at the 1st Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation in January 2010 to mandate the creation of the Global Tiger Recovery Program to double the number of tigers by 2022.Only 3200-3600 wild adult tigers remain,approximately half of the population estimated a decade ago.Tigers now live in only 13 countries,all of which are experiencing severe environmental challenges and degradation from the effects of human population growth,brisk economic expansion,rapid urbanization,massive infrastructure development and climate change.The overarching challenge of tiger conservation,and the conservation of biodiversity generally,is that there is insufficient demand for the survival of wild tigers living in natural landscapes.This allows the criminal activities of poaching wild tigers and their prey and trafficking in tiger derivatives to flourish and tiger landscapes to be diminished.The Global Tiger Recovery Program will support scaling up of practices already proven effective in one or more tiger range countries that need wider policy support,usually resources,and new transnational actions that enhance the effectiveness of individual country actions.The program is built on robust National Tiger Recovery Priorities that are grouped into themes:(i)strengthening policies that protect tigers;(ii)protecting tiger conservation landscapes;(iii)scientific management and monitoring;(iv)engaging communities;(v)cooperative management of international tiger landscapes;(vi)eliminating transnational illegal wildlife trade;(vii)persuading people to stop consuming tiger;(viii)enhancing professional capacity of policy-makers and practitioners;and(ix)developing sustainable,long-term financing mechanisms for tiger and biodiversity conservation.
