Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
A government-appointed committee recently submitted its report on the connection between the resources, impact and quality of publicly funded research in Norway. A main goal of the committee has been to suggest ways to improve the framework for the most innovative research. “The report by the Fagerberg committee is interesting, but it does little to advance
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The issue of land is at the heart of agricultural policies, rural development, territorial planning and the management of natural resources. Africa, Asia, Latin America… no continent is left indifferent! Today, development banks have placed this subject in the heart of the ‘country’ based strategies that they establish. Given that geographic information is an essential
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
On 2 June 2010 at the Paris Richelieu Workshop, the National Geographical Institute organised a presentation, attended by several its partners, of the many possibilities offered by the Géoportail and its most recently introduced functionalities. This event was designed for the press, as well as professionals and decision-makers in the geomatics field. Read More
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The pressure is calculated as length of the jam multiplied by the time it takes to disperse. A large part of the reduction is due to road widening schemes on the A2, A12, A58 and A9 in particular, the VID says. Improvements to the A2 alone account for four percentage points of the 16.9% decline, the
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Turkey has been ranked as the seventh biggest yielder in an agricultural revenue index recently announced by the World Bank, but the ranking is far from indicative of performance, as the high agricultural revenue is a result of the high domestic prices, according to a professor from the Middle East Technical University. Read More
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
High quality imageries acquired from India’s advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, launched last month, were presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Radhakrishnan. Dr Radhakrishnan called on Dr Singh along with a team of scientists from various centres and units of ISRO as well as the Department of Space. Resourcesat-2
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Fugro has signed a letter of intent to acquire Kelman Technologies’ seismic data processing business. Kelman is a privately held company headquartered in Calgary with operations in Canada, USA and Mexico. Kelman’s expertise in land data processing complements Fugro’s existing seismic data processing capability. This acquisition expands Fugro’s seismic processing footprint across the USA and provides
Monday, May 9th, 2011
German rail company Deutsche Bahn and engineering giant Siemens sign a multibillion euro contract for new high-speed trains on Monday, with reports saying the contract has safeguards against delays and technology failures. The contract, worth some six billion euros, commissions at least 230 new long-distance trains, called ICx, to replace Deutsche Bahn’s current aging inventory. Reports on
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Just days before the long awaited vote on US$3.2 billion HidroAysén dam project, special police forces were sent to Coyhaique, capital of the Aysén Region and the Coyhaique province. The greatly enhanced police presence was justified, said authorities, because of the “threatening” attitude of HidroAysén opponents and fear that the 12 authorities who will vote on
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Educational projects, motivational training, field and cooperation with primary and secondary schools in Slovakia – these are activities which the Ministry of Environment is giving increased attention. The main objective of these activities is to improve the environmental awareness of nature and landscape protection in Slovakia.
