Saturday, January 8th, 2011
It is one of the most densely populated districts of Kenya’s capital and one of the most researched urban areas in Africa. Hundreds, if not thousands, of NGOs work there, serving a community estimated to number anywhere between 100,000 and a million. Yet, until recently, the sprawling slum of Kibera barely featured on any detailed
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Europe should rely less on direct farming subsidies and reward farmers more for their environmental efforts and the other work they do to enhance the countryside, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today. Read More
Friday, January 7th, 2011
The recent, record-setting retreat of Arctic sea ice in Canada and across the polar north has prompted separate research projects in Britain and the United States aimed at reconstructing the region’s historical ice record – from the 18th century age of sail to the dawn of the satellite era in the 1960s. Read More
Friday, January 7th, 2011
MarBEF has provided uBio with access to a taxonomic list of ERMS records which makes them available within the uBio portal, NameBank, uBioRSS, LinkIt and other tools. This provides us with the means to selectively link uBio resources and services to ERMS. The uBio project who has its origins in the MBLWHOI Library in Woods
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have already finished conducting a marine survey in the Gulf of Aqaba to map a route for a project linking their power grids. Read More
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The transport sector is a cornerstone of Germany’s industrialised economy. It satisfies individual mobility needs, provides employment and makes up a significant share of the net economic added value. On the other hand, transport has some adverse effects.
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Farmers will be expected to do more to protect the environment in future if they want to pick up European subsidies, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary, has warned. Read More
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today unveiled demonstrations of how it’s transforming the driving experience through connected location content. NAVTEQ demonstrates next generation uses of its content at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (Booth #36026, South Hall).
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Nordreggio maps and graphs provide the details about energy use by source and consumer groups within the Nordic region. The proposed PLAN BOTHNIA project aims to initiate, test and evaluate the added value of a cross-sectoral, transboundary and ecosystem based Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) process in the Baltic Sea using offshore Bothnian Sea as a case
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
In recent years, Brazil has become a rising power, would-be guide to South America to a new world order with innovative economic, social and environmental. Able to escape without major problems to the global economic crisis, the Brazilian government is promoting a new type of development willing to respect the environment, but aware of the enormous
