Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The IGARSS conference is less than a month away. The plenary will focus on the community remote sensing (CRS) theme, 149 of the technical papers have self-identified as being CRS-related, and theeducation and outreach activities have been designed to highlight the theme. As mentioned in a prior email, the keynote will be given by two leaders of the
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
“Customers continued to be cost conscious amidst ongoing economic uncertainty, especially in North America and Europe. Nevertheless certain markets showed clear signs of recovery, particularly Asia as well as the graphic arts market. Océ realized revenues of € 676 million, exactly the same amount as last year. We significantly increased our EBIT, excluding certain Canon
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Several factors underscore the relevance of discussions on the relationships among sustainable forest management (SFM), forest governance, REDD+ and livelihoods. Forests in Latin America are home to millions of people who depend directly on forest resources for their livelihoods. Current deforestation rates and their external drivers deprive these people of essential resources. At the same
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) – located in New Delhi and one of the premier planning and architecture institutions in India – has joined the Be Careers Network Academic SELECT subscription
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
BBC – Europe’s Smos mission is slowly but surely meeting the challenge of measuring soil moisture and ocean salinity from space. The satellite, launched late last year, is attempting to make global maps of these two important parameters using an innovative detection technique. Its sole instrument, an 8m-wide interferometric radiometer, gives Smos the look of
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) will finish building within weeks the first phase of a 2.7 square km offshore port in Taweelah, part of the emirate’s largest infrastructure project.The initial phase of Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone (KPIZ) will open in late 2012 but later phases will not be fully completed for
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
JAKARTA POST – At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, the Indonesian and Norway governments had signed a partnership agreement on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) with an immediate two-year moratorium. The deal signed with Norway aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions earnings worth US$1 billion. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged that
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
ARECA – A common theory, is that, we as landowners, own everything “from the centre of the earth to heavens.” This may, or may not apply based on the concept of reasonable usage. Landowners own the surface of the land and the airspace above the surface, to the point where they can no longer prove
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
In a bid to protect the coastal environment of West Africa from hazardous waste, a modern laboratory has been established in Abidjan, capital of Côte d’Ivoire, to improve the port’s waste monitoring standards. Donated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the laboratory is equipped to test for hazardous waste from ships entering the West
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The world’s first floating nuclear power plant will be set afloat on Wednesday. The plant will be operational in the Russian Arctic by the end of 2012. The solemn ceremony marking the launching of the plant will take place at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Wednesday June 30, reports the
