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Minister Oliver: Natural Resources Powering Canada’s Economy

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28 March 2012 | By Gov Canada | 1422
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today outlined the Government of Canada’s vision for the country’s future prosperity to government and industry leaders at a reception hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. The Minister emphasized that Canada is facing tremendous opportunity to capitalize on natural resource development and stimulate jobs and growth in a period of global economic uncertainty.

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Minister Oliver to Discuss Responsible Resource Development at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy

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22 March 2012 | By NRC | 1105
On Thursday, March 22, the Honorable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, will address the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the speech. A photo opportunity and media availability will be held later in the day as the Minister tours the Rodren Drilling Ltd. Facility, a Manitoba-based exploration diamond drilling company whose expertise and state-of-the-art equipment is used by many mining companies throughout Canada and in China. Read More

DVW President Thöne: “Geoinformation Plays an Important Role In All Key Sociopolitical Issues”

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27 March 2012 | By INTERGEO | 1441
Geoinformation holds enormous potential: “Geoinformation plays an important role in all key sociopolitical issues,” said Prof. Karl-Friedrich Thöne at the INTERGEO Round Table in Karlsruhe. All participants were in agreement with the President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW), the organization responsible for hosting INTERGEO from 9 to 11 October 2012 in Hanover. However, the experts – including representatives from the worlds of politics and industry – backed different approaches for the leading international industry forum with conference and trade fair. Dr. Georg Thiel from the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) called for a “national geoinformation strategy”, while Ernest McCutcheon, Managing Director of Karlsruhe-based DDS Digital Data Services GmbH, said that “too great an emphasis” was placed on data protection, favouring instead an approach highlighting the benefits of employing geoinformation.

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Federal Cabinet Adopts German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess)

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19 March 2012 | By German Env | 1172
The Federal Cabinet adopted the German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess) today. The goal of the Programme is to continuously increase raw material productivity in German industry through market incentives, research and innovation and advice, and thus to promote a further decoupling of our growth from resource consumption. ProgRess is the first comprehensive programme by the German government to address the sustainable use of raw materials.

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