Friday, July 15th, 2011
The UK is coping now, but it is near its limits in some key sectors and could be pushed over the edge by climate change. But by preparing now, the UK can reduce the adverse effects of climate change and take advantage of opportunities, according to a new report published today by the Adaptation Sub-Committee
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The methodology was developed by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) and the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund and can be used to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from areas where unplanned deforestation is taking place and to quantify the emission reductions that occur when such deforestation is curbed. The new methodology provides a way to address simultaneously both frontier and mosaic deforestation,
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) are seeking to fill several project positions with the UN-REDD Programme, ranging from young professionals to a senior position as Programme Coordinator (UN-REDD Country implementation). Read More
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Project idea on developing methods for assessing land degradation in Thailand started after the disaster caused by landslides and followed by flash floods which destroyed lot of properties including loss of human lives in various places of Thailand in 2001.The heavy rains of 11 August 2001 caused landslides and flooding in the lowlands. Many trees
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The project DEMOCHANGE is co-funded by the “Alpine Space Programme”, the EU transnational co-operation programme for the Alps. The Alpine Space “DEMOCHANGE” project’s aim is to better understand the past, current and future regional and spatial impacts of demographic change specifically within the mountain regions. Therefore, it is allocated to the programmes priority “Competitiveness and Attractiveness”,
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Swiss Environment Minister Doris Leuthard, on a three-day visit to the United States, has said egoism must be put aside in the fight against climate change. In a speech at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), near Boston, the minister also proposed abandoning the principle that climate change accords should be secured by unanimity
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been unable to identify the full financial benefits of its £39.3m investment in a geographic information strategy, according to a new National Audit Office report. It says the department has been able to estimate savings of £9.1m, and that while this is likely to be an
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
With only three months before the start of our Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling workshop, we are now more than half full. Registration has been brisk, and we anticipate being completely full well before the October 17th start. If you are considering joining us in Banff this year to fine-tune your numerical modeling skills, please act quickly
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
As a valued customer, we hope that you’ll be able to attend our upcoming 2011 Airborne User Group Meeting. It will be held on Nov 15-17, in Toronto at the Toronto Rogers Centre / Renaissance Hotel, and will provide our customers and ourselves an excellent opportunity to share and learn, to hold in-depth discussions and
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The decision to roll up DSBFirst’s Swedish operations in an orderly fashion, according to DSB managing director Klaus Pedersen, staves offs the company’s bankruptcy and ensures that service for the 200,000 daily passengers on its routes in Sweden and Denmark will continue. Read More
