A coffee rust outbreak in Central America and the Dominican Republic which was widespread by June 2013 threatens the main source of income of hundreds of thousands of poor households. WFP has implemented food security related assessments in the Dominican Republic and other countries of the region to better understand the impact of the coffee rust on livelihoods. The negative impacts for the coffee industry are expected to be long lasting. Some observers are suggesting that a full recovery might not be possible until 2016.
Safe harbor (law) A safe harbor is a provision of a statute or a regulation that specifies that certain conduct will be deemed not to violate a given rule. It is usually found in connection with a vaguer, overall standard. Analogously, unsafe harbors describe conduct that will be deemed to violate the rule.
1 All ships or other vessels which by sub-rule (3) or sub-rule (4) or sub-rule are exempt from the application of sub-rule 2 shall until their holds and tanks have been rendered free from inflammable vapour, comply with all the rules applicable to ships or other vessels when carrying petroleum in bulk. Whenever searches are made under this rule the same shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). 2  All officers of the police and district authorities shall assist the Chief Controller of Explosives in the execution of the Act and Rules.