Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Peru’s national ombudsman – the Defensoria del Pueblo – said Friday that the government needs to promote territorial planning to define areas exclusively for agriculture to avoid future social conflicts, state news agency Andina reported. “A policy for land demarcation is basic so these activities can develop in a compatible way with the environment,” said Ivan Lanegra, the
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Two international business and investment publications released reports ranking Costa Rica and its capital city as top 10 investment locations in Latin America. In the quarterly “Euromoney Country Risk” survey, the London, United Kingdom-based financial publication Euromoney ranked Costa Rica as the 7th safest investment destination in Latin America and 68th safest country for investment in
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
The Santiago metro system announced this week additional construction to lines 3 and 6 of the metro system, adding 28 new stations that will reach five new boroughs. Read More
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Transport Canada published this week a study that determined one additional airport will be needed in central Ontario between 2027 and 2037 and that the federal government should keep land it has owned northeast of Toronto since 1972. Although no specific construction plans have been released, the Pickering Lands Needs Assessment Study, published Monday by the federal
Friday, July 15th, 2011
A day after it was the centre of a terrorist attack that left 17 people dead in three near-simultaneous bomb blasts, Mumbai’s famous Opera House has been brought to life in a 3D Google Earth model. The model will soon be available to Google Earth users, but you can have a sneak preview here. Google also
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Norwegian Mail Service (Posten) will from today, Tuesday, offer customers digital storage of documents, Digipost, but the data industry is sceptical to the new service, NRK reports. Digipost offers customers a three-year free mail service and storage of important documents, but it is unclear what happens after this period, according to NRK. Read More
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Turkey will construct an airport on an artificial island in the Black Sea, near the cities of Ordu and Giresun, the country’s Transport Minister Binali Yildirim has announced. A total of 20 million tons of soil and 9 million tons of rock will be poured into the sea to facilitate the creation of the artificial island. The future airport will have a 3 km-long runway
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The UK is coping now, but it is near its limits in some key sectors and could be pushed over the edge by climate change. But by preparing now, the UK can reduce the adverse effects of climate change and take advantage of opportunities, according to a new report published today by the Adaptation Sub-Committee
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Swiss Environment Minister Doris Leuthard, on a three-day visit to the United States, has said egoism must be put aside in the fight against climate change. In a speech at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), near Boston, the minister also proposed abandoning the principle that climate change accords should be secured by unanimity
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been unable to identify the full financial benefits of its £39.3m investment in a geographic information strategy, according to a new National Audit Office report. It says the department has been able to estimate savings of £9.1m, and that while this is likely to be an
