Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The delivery of sustainable water supplies in Australia will require water managers and engineers to factor in a range of predicted variations in climate and long-term demand for water resources, according to a CSIRO climate and water expert, Dr Francis Chiew. “With an expected decline in water availability in parts of Australia comes the need
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
TRADING MARKETS – GeoEye, Inc. a provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, has completed the private placement of 80,000 shares of the company’s Series A convertible preferred stockto Cerberus Satellite LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Gross proceeds to the company from the private placement were $78 million. Cerberus Capital Management is
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
NSDI-TR – The Feasibility Study Workshop of Establishment of National Spatial Data Infrastructure of Turkey began on Monday, September 27, 2010 (yesterday) in Antalya. Read More
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) is a network on forests and development, which was initiated by the European Commission’s directorate for research (DG RES) in 1991. The mission of ETFRN is to ensure that European research contributes to conservation and sustainable use of forest and tree resources in the tropics, subtropics and Mediterranean
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
SSE Telecoms, the telecoms business ofScottish and Southern Energy, has selected GE’s Smallworld NetworkInventory solution as their asset management system, GE announced today.The Smallworld Network Inventory solution will increase the efficiencyand accuracy of network access records to enable a new level of customerservice across SSE Telecoms 8000km UK-wide fiber optic network. “We selected GE’s Smallworld Network
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The UN-REDD Viet Nam Programme is inviting qualified companies or consortia to express their interest in the following assignment: * Establishment of historical forest status maps at district level. Full details can be found at http://www.vietnam-redd.org/Web/Default.aspx?tab=newsdetail&zoneid=107&itemid=124&lang=en-US. Deadline for submission: 17 September 2010.
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Four eastern Himalayan countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal – officially commenced a three-day high-level technical consultative meeting in Kathmandu on the ‘Sacred Himalayas for Water, Livelihoods, and Bio-cultural Heritage’. The meeting is being organised by ICIMOD and the Royal Government of Bhutan and expected outcomes will create a roadmap leading to the proposed
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has now made available forest products data for 2009. Data have now been released:
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
3D GeoInfo 2010 aims at bringing together international researchers from academia, industry, and government in the field of 3D geoinformation. We are inviting researchers and companies to participate and present their activities to international experts in the field of 3D geo information technology. The conference offers an inter-disciplinary forum in the fields of:– Data collection and modelling: advanced
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – Rotterdam Port has shown the fastest growth of the three most important sea ports in north-west Europe. The number one position was confirmed by figures released on Tuesday by the Port of Hamburg showing growth in throughput of 8.1% to 58.6 tonnes in the first six months of 2010. Read More
