[Mitworld] New: Sir Jonathan Sacks on the Dignity of Difference, Daniel Pauly on Fisheries and Global Warming

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 15 | December 4, 2007
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[THE DIGNITY OF DIFFERENCE]

SPEAKER:
Jonathan Sacks
Chief Rabbi, United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/502/>

[QUOTE]
"Politicians haven't recognized that we're in a battle of ideas, not of
armies."
-- Sir Jonathan Sacks


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[FISHERIES AND GLOBAL WARMING:
 IMPACTS ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD SECURITY]

SPEAKER:
Daniel Pauly
Professor and Director, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/501/>

[QUOTE]
"The normalization of catch-per-effort has to take into account the fact
that technology -- GPS and various devices -- is making boats about 4.5%
more efficient per year."
-- Daniel Pauly


EVENT HOST: Center for Global Change Science
<http://web.mit.edu/cgcs/www/>

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