Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The Ministry of Lands and Resettlement is working hard to improve its land administration procedures and capacity to facilitate successful social and economic development of the country. The project will focus on improved procedures in cadastral examination, recording and archiving, harmonised land registration and cadastral systems, geodetic network, increased land administration capacity and improved monitoring of
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Statoil, together with its Luva field partners, has selected a Spar platform to develop the field. As a gas transport solution has also been decided, a major step has now been taken towards deep-water production in the Norwegian Sea. The Luva field, which is a deep-water pioneer in the Norwegian Sea, may be the first to
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
A study published in Nature Climate Change this week measured both the biomass of different types of tropical forests and the emissions lost via deforestation, providing more accurate data than was previously available, according to lead author Alessandro Baccini. That’s important for creating confidence in nascent carbon markets. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Pelydryn welcomes Ian Davies this month as he joins Pelydryn to take up the role of Commercial Manager. Ian comes to Pelydryn from NetSurvey. A well-recognized face in the hydrographic industry he brings considerable commercial acumen along with a broad knowledge base as an experienced project manager and IHO Cat A surveyor. A busy first month
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in the Guardian. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Sensus outlined the benefits a smart water network can deliver to water utilities for their operations and customers. With a wide range of challenges on the industry through population growth, droughts and operational issues including increases in electricity prices, Sensus identifies a smart water network as the answer to increasing pressure on water companies to
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Reading this story by candlelight? Then odds are you live north of Eglinton Ave. Toronto Hydro has mapped out the areas of the city most prone to blackouts. They are concentrated in North York, northern Scarborough, and the former City of York, where some neighbourhoods suffer a dozen blackouts a year or more, on average. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Finland comes up notoriously short in the Alps department, as successive failed attempts to lure the Winter Olympics in this direction have proved beyond doubt, and the capital region is particularly poorly furnished with anything much larger than an ambitious molehill, but there might just be a “Mount Helsinki” on the map if one dogged
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
According to CNA News of December 24, 2011, the National Space Organization of Taiwan (NSPO) plans to launch FORMOSAT-5, an indigenous earth observation satellite carrying a remote sensing instrument and other scientific payloads such as the Magnetic Field Instrument in 2014, and FORMOSAT-7 in 2015 and 2017. FORMOSAT-7, a joint constellation program between Taiwan and the US, consists of 12 meteorological satellites
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
With the recent passing of longtime leader Kim Jong-il, the international community’s eyes are once again focused on North Korea. The succession of Kim Jong-un and military provocations over the past year with South Korea bring an uncertain status to the region’s stability. Now is the time for zealous study of this nuclear armed country. East View
