Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The effort is being led from the German space agency’s (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, and had its kick-off meeting this week. It will draw on expertise from across Europe, Russia and the US. Read More
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
British companies are bringing their water and wastewater expertise to the UAE for exploring business opportunities and further strengthening existing commercial partnerships between the two countries. A high-level delegation of companies from the United Kingdom water and wastewater sector recently visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The principal focus of the mission was water and wastewater treatment
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
A few years ago, the Province of Ontario warmly embraced wind power as a way to reduce current dependence on coal and nuclear power plants. Official provincial support is still strong, although it is also starting to sound defensive. The Dunnville Chronicle reports that Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Jim Bradley, just released a consultant’s report stating:
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
The issue of poor land use planning is being left out in the current discussions on why disasters keep happening in the Philippines. According to Dr. Walter Salzer, director and principal advisor of the Environment and Rural Development Program (ERDP) of the ?Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), increasing threat of climate change and the effects of
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The World Bank should extend the operation of a project for issuing land state acts and the development of a cadastre system in Ukraine by the end of 2012, said project director Serhiy Kubakh. “If the effect the project ends July 30, 2012, as assumed, there are risks that the work will not be completed, and
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Dutch EU commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is in charge of Europe’s digital agenda, said on Friday a proposed US law to combat internet piracy is ‘bad legislation’. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Scientists have created a miniature world map which has now been accepted by the Guinness World Record as the world’s smallest 3D map. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Especially given what they had to work with, which wasn’t much. Can you imagine trying to draw an accurate representation of the east coast of Canada or the proportions of the Great Lakes, using nothing but 17th century technology? Champlain did it. Read More
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Improved genetic mapping technologies can help screen for diseases and create effective treatment plans, but that sensitive, personal information could also prevent people from getting certain jobs or insurance, according to the report titled Genetic Privacy and Discrimination, which was funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia. Read more
Friday, January 20th, 2012
A draft Settlement Strategy prepared by Wellington Council staff was last night endorsed by councillors to be placed on public exhibition alongside the draft Local Environmental Plan (LEP).The draft Settlement Strategy is the principal document which underpins the draft LEP and sets the future desired direction for land use development in the Wellington Local Government
