Friday, September 2nd, 2011
A new map of food security risk around the world is, in some ways, depressingly familiar. Sub-saharan Africa leaps out as the place where the most people fear for their next meal, while the rich world has more to fear from obesity. But there’s plenty of salutary reminders and fascinating detail, like India’s food problems
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
With the deal, announced this week, ExxonMobil replaces BP as Rosneft’s strategic partner in the Arctic. According to the deal, the two companies will jointly map and develop the three East Prinovozemelsky License Blocks in the Kara Sea, an area covering 126,000 square kilometers. The blocks are identical to the areas included in the deal
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Breaking up the national rail network into separate chunks and putting services out to tender will reduce delays, according to research by network operator ProRail quoted in Thursday’s Volkskrant. This is because services will not be so interdependent, reducing the domino effect of delays, ProRail is quoting as saying. Read More
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Does old geospatial data have value? Is new geodata better? Project needs change and the spatially related questions being asked may be different, requiring new data. When is the best time to collect spatial data and what are some of the considerations involved? Does one approach over another have particular advantages when comes to planning
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Cranfield University is offering a scholarship for a one year MSc by research in precision irrigation. Successful applicant will focus on the hydraulic engineering aspects, conducting field based research and computer simulation modelling to engineer and test a control system for variable water application. For more details please check the following link:http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/postgraduatestudy/researchopportunities/page55093.html
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The program for the 2011 UAV-g conference has been updated and is available online under http://www.geometh.ethz.ch/uav_g/program. From September 14-16, 2011 more than 60 international presenters will contribute to the conference during the technical sessions on Wednesday and Friday as well as the live demonstrations at the airfield Birrfeld on Thursday. In addition to the 3-day conference, a
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Envitia is pleased to announce that as part of the MOSIA consortium, they have been accepted as an Associate Partner of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme. This work aims to provide the technological dimension to the Single European Sky (SES) Initiative, a high-performance air traffic control infrastructure in Europe enabling the safe
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The national forest certification systems of the Czech Republic and France have become the latest systems to seek PEFC endorsement for the third time. Stakeholders globally are invited to provide feedback on their compliance with PEFC International’s Sustainability Benchmarks by 28 October 2011.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
CARROT CITY’s collection of ideas promotes sustainable and healthy food production, and suggests dozens of ways to reintroduce urban agriculture to our cities. This book provides actionable examples of how to integrate local crops into dense urban neighborhoods and “food deserts” for cities and citizens accustomed only to their food arriving from hundreds or thousands of
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Norway’s Statkraft has decided to build Stamåsen 1 wind farm in Sweden. This means that from September, Statkraft will have two large wind farms under construction in Central Sweden. Stamåsen 1 wind farm will be established in cooperation with SCA and will consist of 26 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 MW. Read More
