Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has recognised the efforts of the tribal community of Koraput to conserve biodiversity and develop climate resilient farm practices as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Mentioning this at the inauguration of the 99th Indian Science Congress here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lauded the Koraput tribals for the achievement.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Russia plans to launch 4 more rockets in 2012 than last year. The launch program for 2011 ended with a crash. 31 launches will be conducted from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan while 5 will be launched from the Plesetsk space center in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Read More
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
The International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) organised its first international conference in Seoul in December 2011 around the theme of “Protecting the World’s Cultural Heritage in Times of Change: Emergency, Preparedness and Response”. The meeting was co-hosted by the National Museum of Korea and by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The Conference adopted the Seoul
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
The three former Soviet republics forming a customs union – Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – have formed a common economic space as of January 1, 2012. In November, the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh presidents signed a declaration on Eurasian economic integration, a roadmap of integration processes aimed at creating the Eurasian Economic Union, which will
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
A new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature or IUCN finds that by financing the restoration or protection of natural areas, companies can offset the negative impacts of their operations and generate significant economic benefits, but the needs of local communities must be properly addressed. “Companies are increasingly interested in how to minimize
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
This fall, Matt Forrest and Kate Chanba, the two design-minded map-makers who recently launched a small business called Carticulate, caused a small stir in some of the local corners of the Internet when they released their version of a Minneapolis skyway map. Their innovation was to re-imagine the meandering skyway network as seven interconnected, color-coded
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Quebec is in the midst of one of the largest infrastructure booms in its history. Superhospitals, bridges, highways, hydroelectric megaprojects and commercial and residential complexes are being built or rebuilt, representing tens of billions of dollars in investments over the next half decade. Read More
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Turkey expects to consume 229 billion kilowatts of electricity by the end of 2011, according to Deloitte Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Industry Partner Sibel Çetinkaya. This exceeds the anticipated 225 billion kilowatt figure. There was a 9.5 percent increase in Turkey’s electricity consumption in the first 11 months of 2011 compared to last year,
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
With no success despite making reforms in the existing public bus transport system, all eyes are set on the day the proposed metro rail project — approval of which is pending with the union government — would kickstart in the city. With all other cities going ahead with the implementation of the Metro rail project,
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
First year students of the Department of Sustainable Tourism and Regional Development (STRD) at the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), along with two of their professors, recently made a three-day field trip to the Dhofar region. “Students in our department study the regional development options with a special focus on tourism. The main objective of the
