Saturday, November 27th, 2010
The primary objective of this document is to provide an overview of forest and climate change issues, actions and areas for cooperation in the Eastern European and Central Asian countries. The country reports included within were prepared and presented at the FAO workshop on “Climate change impacts on forest management in Eastern Europe and Central
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
The Side Event “Policy lessons from REDD projects and new methodologies” will discuss different approaches and initiatives for REDD + currently submitted to the VCS and how independent certification under a credible standard like the VCS could support policy discussions at the local and sub-national level. Linked to this, we will discuss how design options can
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Siemens Mobility is to supply traction equipment and vehicle control systems for a total of 38 six-car multiple units for the Malaysian mass transit operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) in Kuala Lumpur. The equipment ordered includes transformers, power converters, traction motors and vehicle control systems. The order is worth about 65 million euros. The
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
GEO-SLOPE is pleased to be a Platinum Sponsor at the upcoming 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference, taking place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2-6, 2011. We are very excited about this conference as it will be the combination of the 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, and the 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
The book “Regional forest governance – potentials for forestry and political drivers in integrated rural development policy” is available free of charge. Read More
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Many coastal areas are known for their resources and economic wealth, and many are famed for their scenic beauty. Use functions of the coast include among others fishing, shipping, port development, recreation, conservation, coastal defense or military defense. On the other hand coastal and marine areas experience physical and ecological as well as social and
Friday, November 26th, 2010
’ECRINS’ is acronym for European catchments and RIvers network System. it is a fully connected system of watersheds, rivers, lakes, monororing stations, dams made from the JRC CCM2.1 and many other sources. Compared to CCM, ECRINS offers a smaller number (138,000 instead of >2,000,000) of elementary catchments which average size is 92km2. Only the main
Friday, November 26th, 2010
On November 23, 11 colleagues around the world from GRAPHISOFT, Arktec, DDS-CAD, and Tekla Structures demonstrated the power of Open Collaboration without borders. These professionals in Birmingham, Boston, Budapest, Helsinki, Madrid, Munich, Oslo, and Sydney used the GRAPHISOFT BIM Server to successfully demonstrate how Delta Server™ technology reduces network traffic to a minimum for instant
Friday, November 26th, 2010
As the coordinator of Day 0 at the AgKnowledge Africa Share Fair, I (Nadia) wanted to expose participants to a mix of tools and methods that they could use to ‘make their ag knowledge travel’ in a feasible, realistic and meaningful way for their particular activities, in their contexts and for the people with whom
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Construction work on Länsimetro, the western extension of the Helsinki Metro system, started with the excavation work of the tunnels in Ruoholahti in November 2009. Today the western metro tunnel is already one kilometre long. According to the plan, excavation is to continue towards the Salmisaari shoreline, which is expected to be reached after year’s end. Tunnelling work