Friday, March 4th, 2011
Each year, ICIMOD celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March to honour, highlight and promote the role of women in sustainable mountain development. This year, the Centre looks forward to celebrating two events. During the first event, ‘Celebrating 100 Years of International Women’s Day’, ICIMOD is honoured to welcome Ms Anuradha Koirala, Chairperson of Maiti
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Global warming is advancing, and as a result, Germany can expect a sharp increase in extreme precipitation. In three decades‘ time there will be considerably more damage done by floods. ”These events increase the pressure to take action and promote precautionary measures to cope with the consequences of inevitable climate change”, explains UBAPresident Jochen Flasbarth. Read
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Sustainable urban governance needs to be participatory. Municipal decision-making processes have to be responsive, transparent and inclusive, they should also actively promote citizen involvement. While the concept of participatory urban governance is increasingly popular in Western societies, in East-Central Europe it struggles to overcome the complex effects of system transformation. The Polish experience of participatory urban governance is still
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Canada’s Intermap Technologies , a digital mapping company, reported a higher fourth-quarter loss, as revenue from its contract services segment plunged 84 percent. Intermap, which makes high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, reported a loss of $63.8 million, or $1.13 a share, in the October-December quarter, compared with a loss of $7.6 million, or
Friday, March 4th, 2011
The Belkomur railroad should end in Murmansk, not Arkhangelsk, a high ranking official in the Ministry of Transport believes. Railroad Belkomur which is supposed to connect the Urals with the White Sea should go to the port of Murmansk, not to Arkhangelsk, says Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky, according to RIA Novosti. Read More
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Last year my colleague Roseanna Cunningham wrote that over 1,100 schools and pre-schools had achieved the prestigious Green Flag, the highest award available with a strong focus on contributing to a sustainable, low-carbon society, now and in the future. This was a fantastic achievement and shows that a huge number of children and young people are
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Training courses on the basics of Earth remote sensing data processing, including in-depth analysis and thematic processing of space images, will help you to quickly master the skills of space images application for the solution of applied tasks and in support of decision-making based on the information about the Earth from space.
Friday, March 4th, 2011
The forthcoming GI2011-X-border-SDI/GDI-Symposium ( “11. Sächsisches GIS-Forum” ) will be in year 2011 a real Cross-border event, to be held 23./24.05.2011 in “Bohemia&Saxonia Switzerland”, the National Park Zentrum of Euroregion “Elbe/Labe” (EEL) on both sides of the border between Bad Schandau (SAX) and Decin (CZE). Read More
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Deloitte Consulting’s Will Sarni, Director and leader of the group’s Enterprise Water Strategy, Sustainability & Climate Change practice, will headline the keynote presentations today, March 2nd, 2011, for the live online launch of the Mission Critical Water Virtual Summit, a fully virtual online event dedicated to water sustainability issues. Sarni will present an overview of
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Russia has come up with a global aerospace monitoring system that can be used to warn different countries as well as the whole international community about potential threats. Eleven countries have already shown their interest in the project. The project suggests that satellites, special airplanes, ground sensors and navigators will be transmitting all data concerning ongoing
