nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
Vatican City

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City
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Vatican - World News from the Guardian
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Pope Francis on the Environment
Laudato Si
Integral Ecology
• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Pope_Francis_on_the_Environment
• http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/apnewsbreak-mayors-vatican-seek-bold-climate-agreement-32583718
• http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/globalwarming/world-mayors-at-vatican-seek-bold-climate-agreement/2238166
• http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-gov-brown-blasts-climate-change-critics-during-vatican-conference-20150721-story.html
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and... from Naomi Klein on Laudato Si - http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-visit-to-the-vatican
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Category:Vatican City
Category:Europe
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Venezuela

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Venezuela
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: Venezuela News from the Guardian
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/venezuela
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* http://venezuelanalysis.com/about
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) First NDC (2018 - Spanish, Archived)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) First NDC (Updated submission)
Venezuela NOTA VERBAL CMNUCC NDC Actualizada Venezuela (September 2021)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Venezuela's INDC plan - PDF
 
 http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Venezuela_Diciembre_2015_%28final%29.pdf
:* http://www.mapsopensource.com/venezuela?url=venezuela
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Venezuela_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/541px-Venezuela_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png
Category:Venezuela
Category:South America
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Venezuela Economic Development

July 2015
Serious Economic Challenges
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/13/looking-into-the-black-box-of-venezuelas-economy-caracas-bolivar-maduro/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-15/venezuela-s-772-inflation-means-default-may-come-a-lot-sooner
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/08/venezuela-inflation-idUSL1N0ZO1NF20150708
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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/21/falling-oil-prices-fracking-us-iran-saudi-arabia-opec
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Dependence on Oil
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/031215/oil-prices-pushing-venezuela-economic-collapse.asp
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Low-Oil-Prices-Pushing-Venezuela-Towards-Default.html
http://time.com/3648578/low-oil-prices-venezuela/
http://www.aaenergyterminal.com/news.php?newsid=3541402
Category:Economic Development
Category:Venezuela
Ventura County, CA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 3/27/07
Source File: http://www.wasteless.org/PDF%20files/GreenProcurementPolicy.pdf
Text:
Source file does not allow for text extraction. To view, use the link provided.
Category:Buy Green Policy
Category:California
Category:County Governments
Category:Resolutions
Ventura County, CA Right to Farm Ordinance

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.ventura.org/rma/planning/Zoning/farm.html
Description:
A number of existing federal, state, and county regulations address the conflicts that arise between farming and non-farming uses. To protect neighboring property owners, the EPA office of Pesticide Programs broadly regulates the use of pesticides by farmers in the U.S. Moreover, California implements strict pesticide regulations that vary by crop type and are designed to protect residential areas, schools, and other sensitive sites during spraying operations. In Ventura County, these regulations are implemented by the Agricultural Commissioner’s office through issuance of pesticide permits and periodic inspections. For more information, contact the Agricultural Commissioner’s office between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at (805) 933-3165 or click here to visit their website.
In the late 1970s the Ventura County Board of Supervisors adopted a "Right to Farm Ordinance" intended to protect the farming community from developments that would inhibit their ability to continue agricultural production. Such things as agricultural wind machines, odors, dust, and noise are often the subject of nuisance complaints by adjoining property owners.
The Ventura County Right-to-Farm Ordinance consists of two components. The first component is found in the enforcement sections of the Coastal and Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinances and is administered by the Planning Division’s Zoning Enforcement Section (Sec. 8183-4.1 and Sec. 8114-2.1.1, respectively). These sections of the code protect farmers engaged in agricultural activity from public nuisance claims.
The second component of the Right-to-Farm Ordinance is found in several sections of the Ventura County Ordinance administered by the Agricultural Commissioner’s office (Sec. 9121, Sec. 9131, and Sec. 9136). These sections of the Right-to-Farm Ordinance were updated in 1997 through Ordinance 4151. They require mandatory disclosure to neighboring property owners of the potential noise, odors, dust, and spraying that may result from farming and they detail procedures for mediation of disputes that may arise. The intent is to properly inform and to set realistic expectations for new residents and occupants of buildings located adjacent to farming operations. In essence, this section of the “Right to Farm” Ordinance puts a new purchaser of property on notice that existing agricultural operations inherently have noise, odor and other potentially annoying activities that are associated with accepted agricultural operations.
Combined Sections 8183-4.1 and 8114-2.1.1
Category:California
Category:County Governments
Category:Farm-Related Policies
Category:Ordinances
Verona, WI Recycling

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted on 12/15/90
Source file: http://www.town.verona.wi.us/ordin/94-1.htm
Text:
Purpose:
The Town Board finds participation in a mandatory source separation recycling program appropriate in this jurisdiction to conserve available, local landfill capacity. The Town further finds it appropriate to participate in both county-wide and state-wide recycling programs to conserve energy, recycle valuable resources, and to protect public health, welfare and the environment. The municipality also finds participation in these programs appropriate to achieve consistency with county-wide recycling policies to ensure that the Town will be able to use the county-owned landfill and the county material recycling facility. 
Category:City Governments
Category:Ordinances
Category:Recycling
Category:Wisconsin
Vietnam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Vietnam
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http://vietnamembassy-usa.org/vietnam/politics
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16567315
http://www.economist.com/topics/vietnamese-politics
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/vietnam
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Vietnam - News from the Guardian
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INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Vietnam's INDC plan - http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Viet%20Nam/1/VIETNAM'S%20INDC.pdf
http://www.mapsopensource.com/vietnam?url=vietnam
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Location_Vietnam_ASEAN.svg/1024px-Location_Vietnam_ASEAN.svg.png
Category:Vietnam
Category:Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Vietnam Economic Development

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/vietnam/overview
Vietnam is a development success story. Political and economic reforms (Đổi Mới) launched in 1986 have transformed Vietnam from one of the poorest countries in the world, with per capita income below $100, to a lower middle income country within a quarter of a century with per capita income of over $2,000 by the end of 2014. To date, Viet Nam has achieved most and in some cases surpassed a number of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly with the goals on poverty reduction, education and gender equality.
Over the last few decades, Vietnam has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty. The percentage of people living in poverty dropped from almost 60% in the 1990s to less than 3% today. Vietnam’s growth rate has averaged 6.4% per year for the last decade, but it has begun to slow recently. In 2014, GDP growth was 6 %, projected to flatten in 2015 and start to pick up in 2016. Vietnam has managed to improve macroeconomic stability, with headline inflation falling from a peak of 23% in August 2011 to about 4.1% for 2014.
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http://www.developmentprogress.org/sites/developmentprogress.org/files/viet_nam_report_-_master_0.pdf
Viet Nam has exhibited one of the highest rates of economic growth and poverty reduction in the world, albeit one accompanied by higher inequality.
Several factors underpinned these improvements. First was pragmatic party leadership, which encouraged both internal debate and policy innovations based on a trial-and-error approach. Second were strong governing and market institutions. Third was a wide-reaching network of infrastructure that enabled efficient and effective implementation of economic reform policies. Fourth was equitable initial investment in human development, which meant the populace was primed to take advantage of economic opportunities. Fourth, equitable land reform with targeted investment in agriculture brought significant increases in agricultural yields and poverty reduction in rural areas.
Viet Nam has been able to sustain this progress for two decades, thanks to the effective adoption and implementation of Doi Moi; continued equitable land reform; pragmatic, careful and sequenced liberalisation; and macroeconomic reforms and the ability to consistently attract foreign investment. A strong sense of social solidarity and equity has also contributed to effective policy and implementation, as well as to continued investment in human development (albeit not benefiting all), leading to significant improvements in human capital, thus enabling people to take advantage of market opportunities. Remaining challenges include rising inequality, environmental degradation and corruption.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City
Category:Economic Development
Category:Vietnam
Vigan City (Philippines) Establishing a Marine Turtle Hatchery

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 10/18/04
Source File: http://citycouncil.vigancity.gov.ph/wp-content/resolution-no-19-series-2004-b.pdf
Text:
OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD
SECOND CITY COUNCIL
Resolution No. 19
Series of 2004
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE VIGAN CITY TO ESTABLISH A MARINE TURTLE HATCHERY IN BARANGAY MINDORO, VIGAN CITY.
WHEREAS, the City of Vigan is committed to promote the conservation and protection
of endangered species;
WHEREAS, certain marine turtles, particularly the green sea turtle, faces extinction
because of the activities of human beings that largely contributed to the decline of their
population;
WHEREAS, the City Council has just passed an ordinance prohibiting and penalizing
the slaughter, killing, and the destruction of the nesting habitat of the green sea turtle;
WHEREAS, the City of Vigan deems it necessary to further solidify and strengthen its
commitment in the protection and conservation of endangered marine turtles that a
marine turtle hatchery be established in Barangay Mindoro;
WHEREAS, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is the only agency
of the government which can provide the necessary technical support services for the
establishment of a marine turtle hatchery;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the
Sangguniang Panlungsod in session duly assembled to request the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources through the Community Environment and Natural
Resources Office Vigan City to establish a marine turtle hatchery in Barangay Mindoro;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the Community Environment and Natural
Resources Office, Vigan City for their information reference and appropriate action.
Category:City Governments
Category:Oceans
Category:Resolutions
Category:Wildlife
Vilas County, WI Support of Ban on Fishing Tackle Containing Lead

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 3/20/07
Vote: Unanimous
Source File: http://www.co.vilas.wi.us/agenda/cbmn0703.htm
Text:
RESOLUTION 2007 - 37
Re: Statewide Ban of Fishing Tackle Containing Lead
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin contains over 15,000 lakes, miles of streams and rivers, and millions of acres of wetlands; and
WHEREAS, these waterways provide wildlife habitat and human recreational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, fishing and hunting is an important recreational and economic resource; and
WHEREAS, these waterways provide wildlife habitat for bald eagles, osprey, loons, waterfowl and other aquatic birds; and
WHEREAS, lead in the form of sinkers, jigs and other types of fishing tackle is now known to be lethal to ducks, loons, eagles, osprey and other aquatic birds; and
WHEREAS, lead fishing tackle ingestion is known to have injured or killed eagles, osprey and loons in Vilas County and elsewhere in Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, many tackle companies are now producing non-lead sinkers and jigs, and these lead-free products are available to local tackle supply stores throughout Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, other jurisdictions have recognized this hazard and have enacted laws banning certain types of lead fishing tackle (see attached summary of lead fishing tackle laws).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Vilas County Board of Supervisors in session this 20th day of March, 2007 that we request the State of Wisconsin to adopt regulations that phase out the sale and use of lead fishing tackle on the lakes, streams and rivers of Wisconsin.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Vilas County Clerk send a copy of this resolution to our State legislators and the Vilas County Lakes Association.
Category:County Governments
Category:Hazardous Waste
Category:Resolutions
Category:Wisconsin
Virtual Private Network

Digital Rights, Human Rights
: Every day the Digital Privacy Issue grows in importance
Online Privacy
Basic commercial VPN like Freedome, NordVPN or Private Internet Access encrypts online traffic and routes it from PC or smartphone through a server in a remote data center, and only then out to the open internet. The result is that any snoop or censor watching your local connection can only see your scrambled communications to that server, not the actual destinations of your browsing or the contents of your communications. But while most decent VPNs promise not to keep sensitive logs of users' online histories, it's hard for users to confirm that safeguard is actually in place. And many of the most proven privacy-conscious VPNs are too expensive for users in surveillance-heavy countries in the developing world.
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Let's talk VPN security and why it's important
More from Wired / March 2018
A VIRTUAL PRIVATE network, that core privacy tool that encrypts your internet traffic and bounces it through a faraway server, has always presented a paradox: Sure, it helps you hide from some forms of surveillance, like your internet service provider's snooping and eavesdroppers on your local network. But it leaves you vulnerable to a different, equally powerful spy: Whoever controls the VPN server you're routing all your traffic through.
To help solve that quagmire, Jigsaw, the Alphabet-owned Google sibling that serves as a human rights-focused tech incubator, will now offer VPN software that you can easily set up on your own server—or at least, one you set up yourself, and control in the cloud. And unlike older homebrew VPN code, Jigsaw says it's focused on making the setup and hosting of that server simple enough that even small, less savvy organizations or even individual users can do it in minutes.
Re: the launch of Jigsaw...
As announced at launch in March 2018: "An easy-to-use, open source tool that lets news organizations provide their network of journalists safer access to the internet."
: "Safer from attacks on free speech..."
: * https://jigsaw.google.com/
: * https://twitter.com/Jigsaw
: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-parents-free-diy-vpn-alphabets-outline-keeps-out-web-snoops/
::Alphabet's Outline keeps out web snoops: Alphabet Jigsaw's new VPN service helps protect writers from prying eyes
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Category:Digital Citizen
Category:Digital Rights
Category:Education
Category:EOS eco Operating System
Category:Green Politics
Category:Human Rights
Category:Internet
Category:Mobile Internet
Category:Online Education
Category:Online Privacy
Category:Planet API
Category:Planet Citizen
Category:Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists
Category:World Wide Web
Virtual Reality

SpaceVR, SpaceX to launch VR camera into space, bringing the astronaut experience to all
You're an animal.... The VR space is going to add a new form of ecotourism.... be like an animal & see & hear as an animal sees & hears in its environment
At Sundance, 2016
A revolutionary medium, in more ways than one... 
Underneath the matte black, sculptural headsets of VR experience 'In the Eyes of an Animal,' users transform from fish, to frog, to dragonfly, moving under water and along forest floors to experience the world at angles humans will never see.
"It delves you into an empathy with nature. The way [animals] see the world is completely different from the way we see it with our eyes, our ears, our touch," said Barnaby Steel, who co-created the VR experience with Robin McNicholas for their studio, Marshmallow Laser Feast.
"You build a connection to this thing, this living thing, all of these things that make it so unique," he said. "Through that connection, by experiencing it, the empathy kicks in and you start to value it."
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In the Eyes of the Animal
http://www.digibod.com/newrealities
http://www.sundance.org/projects/nomads-maasai
http://www.sundance.org/projects/nomads-sea-gypsies
Category:Ecotourism
Category:Virtual Reality
WTO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization which regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. The WTO deals with regulation of trade between participating countries by providing a framework for negotiating trade agreements and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments. Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (1986–1994)...
The WTO's current Director-General is Roberto Azevêdo, who leads a staff of over 600 people in Geneva, Switzerland. A trade facilitation agreement known as the Bali Package was reached by all members on 7 December 2013, the first comprehensive agreement in the organization's history.
[via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization]
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Civil Liberties
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Economics
Category:Globalization
Category:IMF
Category:Labor Issues
Category:World Bank
Category:WTO
Waltham, MA Partnership with Youth

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.partnership.walthamhighschool.org/
Description:
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Waltham Partnership for Youth is to enhance the quality of young lives in Waltham by identifying the needs of all Waltham youth and coordinating resources to help meet those needs. The Priority Objective for Fiscal Year 2005 was to develop collaborative agreements to support initiatives for youth. The Partnership believes that, by changing the matrix of how we do business, young lives can be enhanced while community youth service organizations are strengthened.
Vision
The Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. has the vision that all Waltham youth should have the opportunity to become productive citizens in the community and the workforce. Comprehensive systems of community support are necessary to provide these opportunities. Working to provide such a system, the Partnership
* is the recognized leader bringing essential constituencies together around youth issues;
* is the central source of information about youth issues in Waltham;
* has the support of multiple sectors: the city, the business sector, the academic sector, the youth service community, families and youth;
* updates research and data on youth needs;
* works collaboratively to build strength-based plans for youth success;
* is a replicable model for other communities.
Activities
* The Linda Y. King Memorial Fund
* Linking Education and Business 2007; 2006; 2005;
* Healthy Waltham Report
* Mall Mania: Family Handbook; Outline and Form in English or Spanish
* Waltham Family School
* Coordinating Resources in the Community
* Waltham Action Research Program (WARP)
* The Youth Activities Directory / English / Spanish
* The Spelling Bee 2007
* Free Summer Lunch Program: English / Spanish
* Study of Out-of-School Time Supports and Opportunities
* Read our Annual Report for 2007
Category:City Governments
Category:Massachusetts
Category:Programs
Category:Youth
Wangari

Wangari Maathai
 "Green Belt Movement" 
:* https://www.facebook.com/brutnature/videos/202306896992982/
:* http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai
:* https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-facts.html
http://notenoughgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wangari.jpg
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Category:Africa
Category:Green Politics
Category:Planet Citizen