Monday, October 11th, 2010
Preparations for GIS-IDEAS are going on and the details schedule will be released at the end of October 2010. The deadline for submission of full paper is Oct 15th 2010. Please see submission guidelines at http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas10/submit.php and if you have difficulty in uploading full-paper as PDF, please contact [email protected] The selected abstract are listed at http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas10/papers.php?first_letter=all The authors and participants are expected to complete advance register for the
Monday, October 11th, 2010
The 2nd Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS will be held in Melbourne, Australia, 21-22 November 2010, just before the APRSAF meeting, 23-26 November. The 2nd GNSS workshop will be jointly organised by the Satellite Positioning Research and Application Center (SPAC) of Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the International Global Navigation Satellite
Monday, October 11th, 2010
IISD – The re-naming of the community list is timed in advance of the fifth meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5) and the 10th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the CBD, which
Monday, October 11th, 2010
CSIRO – The authors of a new book have called for the development of more robust international ocean and ice sheet monitoring and modelling programs designed to help community adaptation planning keep pace with the threatof rising sea levels. Read More
Monday, October 11th, 2010
IFREMER – Unprecedented program of the World Census of marine life carried out since 2000, Census of Marine Life (CoML) concludes today in London. He has documented a sea change in diversity with richer and more suffering greatly impacts caused by humans than previously thought. Ifremer has participated in this program during these ten years, particularly through exploration
Monday, October 11th, 2010
OneGeology-Europe aims to create dynamic digital geological map data for Europe. It will make a significant contribution to the progress of INSPIRE – i.e. develop systems and protocols to better enable the discovery, viewing, downloading and sharing of core European spatial geological data. OneGeology-Europe will address licensing and multi-lingual aspects of sharing geological knowledge and demonstrate best
Monday, October 11th, 2010
GLOBAL ARAB NETWORK – Participants in the first session of the 26th GCC environmental coordination committee meeting discussed on Sunday here a number of key issues, mainly the GCC ‘Green’ initiative and sustainable development. During the session, outcomes of the third committee meeting of the initiative, as well as recommendations of the 25th GCC environmental coordination committee
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Intel may have snared a multimillion dollar deal to install Smart metres into Australian homes after the federal government confirmed a funding deal with Energy Australia for the roll out of a smart grid project which in part uses Intel powered metres. Read More
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Green light for the construction of 3 wind power (140 MW) and 4 solar photovoltaic (80 MW) plants to be put into service by 2012. Peru gave green light for the construction of 3 new wind farm and 4 solar power plants, for a total capacity of 220 MW, whose concessions had been offered in a
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Water, sun and wind: Morocco has launched an ambitious programme to harness the elements to produce “green” electricity to reduce its dependence on energy imports. And eventually it even hopes to export the energy produced. Lining the hills of Dhar Saadane, 126 windmills overlook the city of Tangiers, in what site manager Loubna Farabi says
