LAUREN GEIGER & JASON VELDER While environmental protection has gained significant attention in recent years, it has been a subject of international concern for over five decades. In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations took steps to formulate policies and treaties aimed at safeguarding the environment and […]
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Luiza Vaskys Lima & Amelia Tirey In this post, we explore the current ratification status of the 1he 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This landmark international environmental legal instrument came into force on January 1, 1989, and most experts believe that it is one of […]
Cameryn Brown & Shannon Thoma The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted in Rio de Janeiro on June 5, 1992, and entering into force on December 29, 1993, is a landmark international treaty that addresses three critical issues: the preservation of biodiversity, the responsible use of biological resources, and the […]
Carlie Chisolm, Malcolm Ginn & Joseph Holzman In this post, we examine the ratification status of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (CSTPEP). The instrument was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on December 2, […]
Working with geographical data is not easy. But learning how to create choropleth maps is an important skill. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create maps in R with the ggplot2 package. The ggplot2 package is informed by Leland Wilkinson’s grammar of graphics. To get familiarized with this […]
