Monday, June 13th, 2011
Senate committee on climate change chair Loren Legarda reiterated her call for all local government units to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) tools in their respective land use and development plans as part of continuous preparations for storms and other calamities during the rainy season. Citing the United Nations’ 2011 Global
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The plan for development and operation of the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea has been approved by the Norwegian parliament. Production start-up is planned for 2014. The Valemon field is one of Statoil’s largest development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in the next few years. The recoverable reserves are estimated
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Training Center, or DKKA, will begin operations in Akyaka town in the Ula district of Muğla next month. Moreover, it was announced that the center would serve in the international arena as well. Güner Ergün, manager and project coordinator, said DKKA’s activities would be carried out with the support of
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The Russian Academy of Sciences has offered support and assistance to Turkmenistan in creating a national satellite monitoring centre.The offer was made in the Russian Academy of Sciences’ section of the international exhibition “Science, Hardware and Innovative Technologies in the New Renaissance Era”, which has opened in Ashgabat. It has brought together over 100 research
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Esri UK is pleased to announce that its market-leading GIS technology is supporting English Heritage to help visualise all entries on its recently launched ‘The National Heritage List for England’. The National Heritage List for England is a new online database of the UK’s 400,000 listed buildings, registered parks, gardens and battlefields, protected shipwrecks and
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Victoria’s AXYS Technologies is on the verge of massive growth that could mean increasing its staff and expanding into its recently built new digs. The company is preparing to ship the first of its WindSentinel assessment buoys, and it all goes according to plan AXYS will be ramping up production of the device this year.
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Application developers have detailed knowledge of the markets they serve but struggle to find a cost-effective means to collect the sensor data that drive their applications. With over 20 years of wireless deployments, RFM has the practical experience that enables us to deliver wireless sensor network platform products that non-RF personnel can easily deploy. Our
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker. Easily integrated using standard or custom format carrier cards, saving time, effort and cost and minimizing program risk, it has been optimized to perform real-time detection and tracking across the full range of military and aerospace electro-optical system applications. Read More
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Cucumber thefts, a World War II bombing map and a work of art are just some of the things that have been unearthed by a Northamptonshire archive which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Details of a theft of the salad ingredient were uncovered in a police diary, kept in the county’s records office, which holds
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Russian Railways announced plans to sell 75% of one of Russia’s largest ballast producers, the First Non-Metallic Company (PNK) for $100 million, a senior vice-president of RZhD, Valeriy Reshetnikov said. “The stake will probably be offered at auction with a starting price not less than $100 billion,” RZhD currently controls 100% minus 1 share of
