Friday, October 26th, 2007
PR – NemeriX, a leading provider of A-GPS semiconductor solutions, announced today the release of its 4th generation A-GPS navigation platform: the NemeriX NX4. This modular, scalable, hosted & stand-alone A-GPS navigation solution directly targets the strategic roadmaps of mobile handset vendors. Like the three NemeriX GPS generations which precede it, the NX4 is designed
Friday, October 26th, 2007
PR – The needs of infrastructure are challenging. There is a need to manage a broad spectrum of diverse information while allowing multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and use best-of-breed tools in their projects. Infrastructure users need an environment where GIS and CAD functionality are fully integrated, allowing users to work seamlessly across lifecycle phases. Users require
Friday, October 26th, 2007
PR – ESRI has signed a vertical strategic alliance (VSA) agreement with the government of Malta. Signed by the Minister for Investment, Industry, and Information Technology (MIIIT), the agreement states that ESRI and its Maltese distributor, GeoSYS Ltd., will facilitate the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology throughout various sectors of the government and private
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Africa is rich in both natural and human resources, yet nearly 200 million of its people are undernourished because of inadequate food supplies. Comprehensive strategies are needed across the continent to harness the power of science and technology (S&T) in ways that boost agricultural productivity, profitability, and sustainability — ultimately ensuring that all Africans have
Friday, October 26th, 2007
The USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides the opportunity to assess the current distribution of American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh) and prospective trends. Assessing chestnut using the FIA data was challenging because of the coarse nature of the FIA sample and chestnut’s rarity in natural forests; however, a basic analysis
Friday, October 26th, 2007
There is increasing interest in tools for measuring and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. Two tools that have been receiving a lot of attention include carbon markets and carbon registries. Carbon registries are established to record and track net carbon emission levels over time. These registries provide quantifiable and verifiable carbon
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Presentations from the symposium “International Research to Monitor Sustainable Forest Spatial Patterns,” which was organized as part of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress in August 2005, are summarized in this report. The overall theme of the World Congress was “Forests in the Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology,” and the symposium
Friday, October 26th, 2007
On Oct. 22, 2007, the InterAcademy Council has released a new report, commissioned by the governments of Brazil and China, indentifying and detailing the scientific consensus framewok for directing global energy development. Lighting the way: Toward a sustainable energy future lays out the science, technology and policy roadmap for developing energy resources to drive economic
Friday, October 26th, 2007
(Llive mint.com) – London-headquartered private equity investor 3i Group Plc. is taking the growth, minority stakes and investment route as an entry strategy into the Indian market. This is complemented by a dedicated focus on infrastructure. The company has just committed $500 million (Rs1,975 crore) for a proposed $1 billion India infrastructure fund, announced last
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
The EU Sustainable Development Strategy, adopted by the European Council in Gothenburg in June 2001, and renewed in June 2006, aims to reconcile economic development, social cohesion and protection of the environment. Monitoring progress towards this overarching goal is an essential part of the Strategy. The aim of these pages is to present a set
