Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
According to the decision of the Board of Directors of the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) in March 2011 the Russian company – ScanEx Research & Development Center – was admitted as a acting member of the Association. The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies was established in 1989. EARSC – is the
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Measurement Devices Limited (MDL), a leading laser scanner manufacturer has entered into an agreement with Pointools Ltd. to deliver high-performance point cloud software with every new 3D laser scanner starting at SPAR 2011 – the premier 3D laser scanning conference. Pointools software is used by project teams to reference and reuse the largest point cloud
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Water Minister Tony Burke has today hosted a roundtable with representatives from Australian environment and conservation groups on Murray Darling Basin reform. Mr Burke met with representatives from environment and conservation groups including the Australian Conservation Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the Australian Floodplain Association, the farming sector and state and national parks associations’. Mr Burke said
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
The State Secretary for Energy Carlos Zorrinho has this week reiterated that Portugal and its neighbour Spain have “permanent information systems and emergency plans” in the event of a nuclear disaster at the Almaraz nuclear power plant located close to the border between these two countries. Read More
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Nick Pidgeon, Professor of Environmental Psychology at Cardiff University, showed for the first time that people with a direct experience of flooding are more likely to believe in man made climate change. He said “scare” tactics, such as warning people of floods in Bangladesh or desertification in Sudan, are less likely to motivate people to take
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
A €4.4bn project to widen and improve the motorway connections between Amsterdam, Schiphol airport and Almere can start at the end of this year, transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said on Monday. The project involves widening existing roads, building two tunnels and working on hundreds of bridges and viaducts, the ministry documents show. In total 63
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Farmers are being urged to become internet savvy when they make applications for farming subsidies which saw pay outs of 35.5 million euros in 2010 alone. The Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation (KOAP) announced last week that its newly improved internet system will make online applications to the subsidy scheme far easier and will mean farmers no
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
In a commentary article in the journal Nature Climate Change, US, Spanish and Australian researchers submit that biologists should, instead, aim to achieve a balance between understanding climate change impacts and planning for the consequences. “There is little point in focussing on fully identifying the climate impacts while losing species,” says co-author Dr Elvira Poloczanska, an environment
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
In order to promote scientific research on sustainable forest management, the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has launched a PhD Thesis Award. The prize of 10,000 USD dollars will be awarded to the best PhD thesis providing new data and insights into forest management, and how to balance forest conservation, forest productivity and social well being.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
As part of President Aquino’s transparency program in all transactions and programs of governance in various agencies of the government, the 1st Regional Geographic Information System Center (RGISC) is set to be launched Tuesday. The creation of RGISC is also expected to boost the full economic development in the Caraga Region, it was learned. The
