Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Conservation groups are far from pleased with draft sanctuaries for northern Australian waters. Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke released the details today, saying the ocean’s fragile marine life deserved protection. A proposed network of reserves covers global refuges for turtles, dugongs and sawfish as well as the world’s largest breeding and feeding ground for whale sharks. Read
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Moscow city government plans to equip the city’s municipal vehicles with Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) by the end of 2013, according to a project released on the city government’s transport and transport infrastructure department’s Web site Tuesday. The Moscow city government also plans to start equipping the city’s public transport with GLONASS in
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Our planet has about 8.7 million living species, of which 6.5 million evolve on land and 2.2 million in the aquatic environment, according to the most accurate estimate ever done and published Tuesday, August 23 United States . Only 1.23 million (or 14.1% of total) of them have so far been discovered, described and cataloged, the
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Resources Ministry has issued an international call for applications for oil exploration licences in areas south and west of Malta. The government is offering exploration licences and exploration and production licences in Area 1, Area 4, Area 5 and Area 6. The offer closes in December. Mediterranean Oil & Gas and Heritage Oil currently holds an oil
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
When the Airports Company of South Africa decided to use geographical information systems (GIS) to track and manage its infrastructure, it started a journey that has seen spatial awareness improve nearly every part of the business, from infrastructure development through maintenance and engineering to commercial endeavours. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The coalition government unveiled a new strategy to protect England’s habitats and species, which follows up the groundbreaking global agreement reached at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference held in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010. “Our wildlife is not only something that we should value because it’s nice to look at. Nature underpins our very
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Scientific Research Institute of Space Technologies is to be set up under cooperation between the Skolkovo fund and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. The agreement to that effect has been signed at the international aviation and space salon MAKS-2011 in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow region.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Members of the driving force behind ESA’s SMOS mission have been awarded the prestigious Certificate of Recognition by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society for their leadership in developing the first synthetic aperture microwave radiometer in space and for the success of the mission. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The editorial of this issue of Forest Cover deals with the road to Rio+20 and the important role of civil society. The article “REDD and the Feeling of Standing Barefoot in a Peatswamp” reports on a number of REDD-related meetings in June and the current REDD-depression in the light of the low expectations for the
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Intergraph and ERDAS announce the Synergy Series, a set of webinars that showcases collaborative innovation. During the webinars, Intergraph and ERDAS will highlight workflows employing the technological strengths of the combined portfolios and provide a forum to answer attendee questions.
