Friday, January 14th, 2011
The primary objective of this Forests and Climate Change Working Paper is to provide an overview of the actual and potential impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent people in the Near East region, of climate change mitigation opportunities in the forestry sector, and of needs for effective national and regional responses. Read
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Haiti currently has a cluster of problems as it struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake a year ago, and bad roads and transportation are partly to blame, a UN official said. In addition to the 7.3-magnitude tremor that left more than 300,000 people dead and more than one million others homeless, there is an ongoing
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb says when Russians can buy land in Finland; Finns should be allowed to buy land on the Russian side of the border. Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree last Sunday defining areas where foreign citizens are not allowed to own lands. Among other border areas, the list includes near all
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The European Open Source Metadata Editor (EUOSME) is a web application to create INSPIRE-compliant metadata in any of 22 European languages. It has been developed by the Joint Research Centre as part of the EuroGEOSS project (www.eurogeoss.eu). It is therefore a research outcome and not a production tool.
Friday, January 14th, 2011
An advanced version of CompassCom Software’s CompassTrac is now available and allows for advanced functionality, making the management of fleets and other mobile assets a more precise and streamlined process. CompassTrac Software was designed to display the location and status of vehicles or other mobile assets in real time on a digital map. CompassTrac can be
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The programme has contributed to better growth prospects but not to better employment possibilities. The outcome is more favourable in case of environmental objectives, which is not surprising taking into account that Axis 2 spending dominates the programme. Read More
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The Ugandan National Planning Authority (NPA) is organizing the 2nd Stakeholders Workshop under the theme: “Developing National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Uganda.” The workshop will be held January 12th, 2011 at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. The objectives of this workshop are to:i) present the 1st and 2nd interim reports of the infoDev-supported
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi (DED) is participating in the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) for the third year in a row. Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) will host the summit from 17 January till 20 January under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visited BRE Innovation Park in Watford today, a development of low carbon homes that showcases the UK’s excellence in sustainable building. China, the world’s second biggest economy, is the biggest spender on clean energy in the world. In 2009, China spent $34.6 billion on clean energy –
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
EFI’s Winter and Summer School model (WSS) of graduate education aims at creating collaborative research networks on topics of high relevance for forests and environment at the European scale. Engaging doctoral students is central to supporting EFI’s mission to strengthen and mobilize European forest research and expertise to address policy-relevant needs. Graduate students will take
