Monday, February 7th, 2011
A new Nordic Centre of Excellence on Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecosystems and Resource Economics will be established, and will be led from the University of Oslo. CEES’s Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth will be the PI and Carl Folke at the Stockholm Resilience Centre as the co-PI. Funding is scheduled to begin in 2011 and will be
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
The Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the UN, governments, civil society, businesses, and grassroots organizations to build the capacity and raise the profile of local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Read More
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
In 2011 Shtokman Development AG intends to widen cooperation with Arkhangelsk oblast and involve leading regional industrial companies in the Shtokman project. Chief Executive Officer of Shtokman Development AG Alexey Zagorovsky and Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast Ilya Mikhalchuk had a working meeting on the 31st of January at the Company’s Moscow office. Read More
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
David Thompson could be the world’s most accomplished geographer having mapped more ground than anyone else. Included in his extensive travels is the first record of a European to pass by the Revelstoke area on September 12, 1811. The Revelstoke Museum and Archives will commemorate this bicentennial with displays and events this summer. Read More
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
First, take the issue of resource efficiency: We all agree that the EU must tackle the challenge of increasing pressure on natural resources head-on. Resource efficiency is a stated aim of Europe2020 and only a week ago President Barroso formally launched the resource efficiency flagship initiative. I don’t have time to go into detail now, but
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
The Amazon River has fallen to its lowest level in decades, leaving scores of towns and cities along its length, and those of its tributaries, stranded as water levels either fall too low for safe navigation by boat, or evaporate entirely. Rivers such as the Rio Negro, which flows into the Amazon, have dried up
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
EU backing for zero-energy buildings has given the German construction industry a boost. As materials become less expensive, the passive house, a German invention, is likely to become a more common sight. The German government wants to reduce the energy demand for heating by 20 percent by 2020. From that year on, all new buildings
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Scientists at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences have found in a pilot study that it is possible to use heat-sensitive cameras mounted on agricultural machinery to detect animals in the field. This will benefit both farmers and wildlife. Read More
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Coalition MPs are coming under intense pressure to vote down government plans to dispose of 258,000 hecatres (ha) of English forestry estate. Three Conservative and four Lib Dem MPs rebelled and voted with Labour on Wednesday night in a Commons forestry debate. A further seven coalition MPs abstained and many others spoke but did not
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Denmark’s flat landscape will soon no longer prevent people from doing some downhill skiing. Thanks to a clever design, a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Amager district will also serve as a ski slope, reports Politiken newspaper. Read More
