Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Alberta’s provincial parks and surrounding rural communities will benefit from a joint investment by the governments of Canada and Alberta towards enhancing park amenities and improving access for visitors. Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, together with Cindy Ady,
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
BUANEWS – The Water and Energy Summit currently underway in KwaZulu-Natal is bringing into sharp focus the country’s water problems and possible solutions are being tabled on how to best deal with the situation. 2010 has not been a good year for water in South Africa, with drought posing a serious challenge in provinces, including
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – All Dutch dog breeders will be required by law to register and microchip all puppies from next summer, junior farm minister Henk Bleker told parliament on Friday. ‘It should become completely normal to ask for registration documents when you buy a dog, just like buying a car,’ Bleker said. Read More
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The Russian nuclear icebreaker “Rossiya” has sailed to the Bering Strait to meet the Swedish icebreaking tug “Tor Viking”, which is planning to go through the Northeast Passage to Europe. The sailing season on the Northern Sea Route officially ended a month ago. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – At the UN climate summit, thousands of delegates are under immense pressure to negotiate sensible solutions in a matter of days. It’s no wonder that such meetings often end in failure. But there are alternatives to the large-scale approach. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The Dutch government’s strategy of making the Netherlands a gas hub in Europe will provide an economic stimulus of 21.4 billion euros and create up to 13,600 jobs, concludes a study by Brattle Group commissioned by the economic affairs ministry. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
ARAB NEWS – Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, received winners of this year’s Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water at his palace here on Wednesday. Prince Sultan congratulated the winners and urged them to conduct more useful research works in water for the benefit of entire humanity.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
NEW TIMES RWANDA -Rwanda’s huge infrastructure gap particularly in areas of energy and transportation dampens private sector productivity and are a constraint to growth, a senior at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.This is in addition to higher transport, water and power costs that also are a major obstacle to economic development. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Despite its title, Map of a Nation is not a “biography of the Ordnance Survey”. Rather, its sphere of interest is confined to British cartography 1747-1846. Moreover, despite its meticulous scholarship, the book is less a history than a celebration of the OS, an almost triumphalist account of an apparently irresistible ascent. Read
Friday, December 10th, 2010
WETLANDS.ORG – During a celebrity side event at the climate change conference in Copenhagen private investor George Soros said he stands ready to invest in the rehabilitation of drained peatlands in Indonesia. He announced this in an event which discussed international partnerships under REDD+; a new UNFCCC mechanism to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation in
