Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The Dominican Republic has invited Russian gas giant Gazprom to carry out geological exploration for oil and gas on the Dominican shelf in a bid to cover the nation’s energy shortage, Gazprom said on Tuesday. The Caribbean republic faces an electricity shortfall of 2,000-2,300 megawatts and is highly dependent on hydrocarbon imports. Read More
Monday, February 13th, 2012
With the realization of eGRIS, the information exchanged can be simplified in the land registry system by the introduction of a Switzerland-wide, electronic land information system (eGRIS). The Federal Office of Justice and the SIX Group run as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), the following projects: Read More
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Groundwater recharge caused by inefficient irrigation practices, high leakage rates from light textured soils, poor surface and groundwater drainage and inappropriate crop rotations caused rising watertables under the rice growing areas in southern New South Wales. Shallow watertable and secondary soil salinisation have a major impact on the long term sustainability of these areas.
Monday, February 13th, 2012
UBM plc announces that it has sold its UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios – including the Farmers Guardian and Pulse titles – to the founders of Briefing Media Ltd for a total cash consideration of £10.0m*. The new business will be known as Briefing Media Group and is led by the experienced management
Monday, February 13th, 2012
The book is directed at all those who are dealing with land parcels and property. For example, land owners and all real estate professionals, surveyors and property management companies. It addresses questions posed by real estate practitioners and will facilitate the introduction of the topic to students and trainees and become an indispensable companion.
Monday, February 13th, 2012
On February 08, 2012, the station BRUX has been proposed for inclusion in the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN) by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (Belgium) … in replacement of the station BRUS. You will find more information about that proposed station on the following page : http://www.epncb.oma.be/_trackingnetwork/proposed.php
Monday, February 13th, 2012
The Cabinet yesterday approved three bills that will overhaul and streamline the National Land Management and Administration policies. The National Land Commission Bill 2012, the Land Bill 2012, and the Land Registration Bill 2012 now await publication and onward transmission to Parliament for debate. These are among the seven bills that need to be enacted
Monday, February 13th, 2012
The UK will be a driving force in pressing for new goals to help the world embrace a greener and more sustainable economy at this summer’s major UN conference in Brazil, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman pledged today. In a speech setting out the UK ambitions for Rio+20, in June, Mrs Spelman said the UK will work
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Europe’s waters are some of the most overfished on the planet. While the fishing industry might think it’s cashing in big now, a study released on Friday by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) found that poor management of fish stocks actually costs the industry billions. The report’s authors concluded that if the 43 species they studied
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Mediterranean is the melting pot of Europe, Africa and Asia. The three continents meet here. Today, with 24 countries, diverse people, culture, religion and language, the region accounts for seven percent of the global population, consuming about 8 percent of the world’s primary energy demand. While the population is set to swell by another 90 million
