Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
NORWAY GOVERNMENT – Speech – Most of the global ice and snow cover is rapidly declining. This will have large global, regional and local consequences for human beings and nature. This is the main message of the UNEP report “Global Outlook for Ice and Snow” which was presented in Tromsø today.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
NORWAY GOVERNMENT – report – Sustainable Public Procurement – The Norwegian Action Plan 2007 – 2010. Download
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
THE NORWAY POST – Construction work on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGS) started in April 2007 and the first blastings were performed in May. The facility will be opened on 28 February 2008. Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – Indicators are integral to the communication of sustainable development. They help review progress, they highlight where the challenges are, and they help people to understand what sustainable development means globally, nationally, locally and for them as individuals. On 27 July 2007 an update of the national indicators was published both as a free
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
CTV NEWS – Brampton, Ont. has become the first city in the GTA to be deemed a safe community by the World Health Organization. Communities that receive the designation, which has only been given to 10 cities in North America, have to meet international community safety standards. Brampton was given the designation after achieving high
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
COPENHAGEN POST – The government will present a new plan for Africa this week that focuses on the continent’s environmental challenges and mass migrations. A new plan for Danish aid to Africa will increase overall aid funding by DKK 702 million (EUR 94 million) through 2011. Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
FORBES – The members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) have approved the OpenGIS(R) Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) Implementation Specification (a profile of the Web Map Service) and the related OpenGIS Symbology Encoding Implementation Specification. The OpenGIS(R) Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) profile of the Web Map Service Implementation Specification defines an encoding that extends
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
MAEIL BUSINESS – Seoul Metropolitan Government is poised to introduce anti-mosquito system to exterminate mosquitoes in the city. An official from Seoul Government said on August 28, We plan to establish the DB system on major mosquito habitats that can be expressed upon the geographical information system (GIS) in order to remove mosquitoes from the city.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
HINDU BUSINESS LINE – Engineering and geospatial software development company Intergraph Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corp, has expanded its team of software developers, certification teams and product support personnel in India. Full story
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
EPROP – 2010 Soccer World Cup Local Organising Committee is confident that the tournament will fuel long-term sustainable economic growth. Speaking at the 2010 National Communications Partnership Conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 Cup, said: “There are economic, social and political objectives we (the committee and its partners) want to
