Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Fewer Swedish farmers share the country’s arable land. The number of companies in agriculture has declined by 26 per cent since 1990, while the average arable land area has increased from 29 hectares to 37 hectares. Nine per cent of the farms use almost half of all arable land. More than one in four farmers
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Uwazi at Twaweza organization has launched a budget visualization dashboard, a system through which Tanzania budget information would be easily accessible to Tanzanian communities. The move comes at a time when information on money spent by the government is not easily accessible in the country, even when citizens are curious to know how their government
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
A marine atlas has been created to highlight Shetland’s potential as a source of wave and tidal power. The atlas is based on a major study aimed at promoting the islands as an ideal location for the development of marine renewable energy. It features resource maps allowing would-be developers to identify the best sites for generating electricity.
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall says by 2020 it can build coal plants which bury liquefied CO2 emissions below ground, but finding reservoirs and skirting public defiance are still the main obstacles in Germany. In the eastern part of Germany’s Brandenburg state, citizens have taken to hanging signs reading “We’re no guinea pigs” on their garden fences.
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Forming an international space traffic management body has become crucial as more and more nations, including developing ones, start harnessing space as a strategic resource for communication, surveillance, defence and a variety of commercial and civil uses, a leading air and space expert said in the capital on Wednesday. While such a body would help prevent
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Norway and the seven other member nations of the Arctic Council have signed a treaty which will coordinate Arctic search-and-rescue missions, as well as plans to prevent a catastrophic oil spill. The treaty was signed in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, with the US, Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland represented at the meeting. Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Søre signed
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Western Europe’s exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a year ago, the data are also important for agricultural and hydrological applications. ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission has been orbiting
Friday, May 13th, 2011
This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors. It can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in May 2011 is written by Peter VAN Oosterom, Jantien Stoter, Hendrik Ploeger, The Netherlands, Rod Thompson and Sudarshan Karki, Australia Read More
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Sustrans has created the app from its OS based online mapping facility. It includes 25,000 miles of route – including all 13,000 miles of award winning National Cycle Network and a further 12,000 miles of regional and local routes and links, with many routes running beside Britain’s canals and rivers. All routes have been assessed and approved
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
ESA’s CryoSat team working on the Greenland ice sheet has been honoured with a visit from a Dutch delegation including HRH Prince of Orange. The visit is part of a tour to learn more about climate change in polar regions and consequences for the environment. Prince Willem-Alexander’s visit to Greenland was at the invitation of the
