Monday, February 14th, 2011
With an area of just 315 km2, Malta is one of the smallest countries in Europe, even in the world. However, geographically speaking, the Maltese Islands are the second largest archipelago off the North African plate, after the Canary Islands, while the island of Malta on its own, as the 36th largest island in the
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has made prominent achievements in the field of data services during 2010 that included setting up a spatial data information base and delivering a host of significant projects under a comprehensive plan aimed at upgrading the Geographic Information System (GIS) and survey, and enhancing the urban development to keep
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
In 2010, the agribusiness in Brazil grew 4.7%, reversing the decline (-4.8%) recorded the previous year.However, the result was lower than that obtained by general industry (10.5%). At the same time, it is the highest result since the 5.0% achieved in 2007. The industries associated with agriculture (4.7%), with major in agribusiness, showed better performance
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Writes that Minister Verhagen (EL & I) in a letter to the House that the Cabinet has approved. Nuclear power plants help fight climate change and provide affordable and reliable power. The government believes it a logical choice in the transition to renewable energy. Read More
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
The UNESCO attaches a great importance to renewable energy, energy efficiency and rational water management, Benkhadra told MAP following the meeting. She also announced the setting up of a working group with the UNESCO to define the major axes of bilateral cooperation and review themes relating to education, communication and awareness raising about environment and sustainable
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
NFU Scotland’s head of rural policy, Jonnie Hall, used a keynote speech at the recent On-farm Energy Generation Scotland conference to call upon the Scottish Government and local authorities to develop a simpler and more consistent system to encourage on-farm energy generation in Scotland. Mr Hall (pictured right) stressed that the potential for energy creation on
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
Once operational, the capability will provide Metop environmental data to US and European weather services twice as fast as they receive it today, since data will be dumped to ground for processing every half orbit, firstly over the existing EUMETSAT Svalbard ground station in the Arctic, followed by the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
“Following the spending review we challenged local authorities to look again at the cost of proposed schemes to ensure we get maximum value for every pound we spend. The councils being awarded funding today have met that challenge by achieving a saving to the taxpayer of £45.5m on the original proposed costs. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The CNES balloon campaign 2011 has started and around 80 technicians and scientists are based at Esrange Space Center for several weeks to come. The campaign is divided into two parts and the first one will run until 17 February, while the second will run from 2 to 22 April. Read More
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
After a year devoted to biodiversity, the United Nations has turned its attention to forests. In Switzerland, trees cover more than 30 per cent of the country. Olivier Schneider, forestry engineer and expert in forest policy and conservation at the Federal Environment Office, says the year will help raise awareness of the problems facing the
