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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
I applaud efforts by Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) in educating the public on the advantages and wealth of knowledge one can derive from Google Earth (GE). I have long been a proponent of GE as a tool to measure the rapid and rampant plundering of our precious forests. I am sad to say that we probably
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Further steps on the path to a green economy that Government and businesses can take have been published today in order to make further progress towards strong sustainable growth. ‘Enabling the transition to a green economy: Government and Businesses working together’ looks ahead to 2020 and maps out planned Government action across areas including climate change, resource
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The EURIPIDES Forum, the yearly conference organised by the EUREKA Cluster for smart system EURIPIDES, took place in Helsinki last June. The Forum attracted a large number of participants and high-level speakers. The Forum highlighted new technological trends in various application fields such as intelligent machines and sensing solutions, and in the markets of telecommunication, health and energy.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The successful projects were submitted by Cenovus Energy, EnCana Corporation, Laracina Energy, Pengrowth Corporation and PennWest Petroleum. The projects address a variety of research interests such as advancing production technologies to produce bitumen in reservoirs that are not yet commercial, better understanding of coalbed methane production and expansion of new enhanced oil and gas recovery
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The intergovernmental negotiation process primarily encompasses the Conference of the Parties (COP), the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Bodies meetings and a series of workshops. The COP is the “supreme body” of the Convention. The CMP is the “supreme body” of the Kyoto Protocol. The Convention established two permanent subsidiary bodies: the Subsidiary Body for
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The program will describe a practical approach for simulating effects of soil, weather, management, and pest factors on crop production. Instructors will explain how crop growth and development, water use, uptake of water and nutrients and carbon dynamics are simulated. It will cover procedures for collecting and managing crop, weather and soil data towards adapting
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Minneapolis-based ObjectFX, LLC, a provider of location-based technology and software, on Thursday announced that it has been acquired by TransVoyant, LLC, a group of private equity investors from Alexandria, Virginia. The company said that it will maintain its offices in Minneapolis and has opened offices in Alexandria, Virginia. ObjectFX’s consultants and developers create solutions designed to help
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The four clean projects will produce electricity using sawmill and manufacturing debris, roadside debris, logging slash, sort yard debris and biomass derived from standing timber. The projects have been selected under the second phase of the Bioenergy Call for Power, a program designed to facilitate the acquisition of clean, renewable and cost-effective energy, the company
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The African Regional Preparatory meeting of the Global Geospatial Management Initiative opened this Monday August 8 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The three-day meeting – being attended by experts from African countries and from international organisations – will assess the key challenges, opportunities and constraints relating to geospatial information management in Africa;
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
New European research has shown that a North Sea wind farm has little negative effect on the fauna around it. In fact, researchers found that the presence of the wind farm actually provided a new natural habitat for organisms living on the seabed. Researchers in the Netherlands from IMARES (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies)
