Saturday, August 28th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – When Kedar Iyer first moved to Dubai from Paris he could have easily done what most expatriates do upon arriving – rent or hire a car. But instead of shopping for the latest SUV, the digital media specialist checked out carpools, taxis and bus routes. After measuring his environmental footprint 18 months ago he
Friday, August 27th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The World Bank has advised African governments to improve the quality of infrastructure so as to become competitive in the current globalised environment. Speaking at the Agoa forum in Washington recently, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Bank managing director, said: “Clearly the lack of well functioning transport and trade facilitation regimes hinder many countries
Friday, August 27th, 2010
SWISSINFO – The Federal Environment Office has given its approval to a project to create a second National Park in southeastern Switzerland. It has granted financial aid to help in the setting up of the Adula Park straddling the border of cantons Graubünden and Ticino, it said in a statement. Switzerland already has a national park in Graubünden,
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
WHITTIER DAILY NEWS – With more than 1,500 dead and millions more left homeless by massive floods still wreaking havoc across several regions of Pakistan, humanitarian organizations on the ground are working to anticipate and minimize further devastation. In this daunting task, scientists say satellite data can help. From his office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – Despite any advocacy of forest fires, and while nearly one million hectares of forests and peatlands are going up in smoke in Russia and that every summer in the Mediterranean, hundreds of thousands hectares were ravaged by flames. However, this picture of ashes and desolation brings the colors of life. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
WELSH GOV – The latest sustainable development figures show that Wales has made clear improvements in 17 of the 44 areas measured by sustainable development indicators. The figures also reveal that Wales’ performance in 22 of the indicators has shown little or no change. Speaking about the figures, Environment Minister Jane Davidson said. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
ESA – One of the most complex space scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, escorted by astronauts who will fly with it on the Space Shuttle in February 2011. Read More
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
SCOTTISH GOV – Scotland’s communities are being given extra help to improve and enhance their natural environment with new funding for biodiversity projects. Up to £250,000 is being released by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) over the next two years to deliver biodiversity conservation at a local level. Read More
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
BUSINESSWIRE – A strong majority of consumers say being able to see 3D images of prospective purchases online makes them more likely to buy those products, more likely to consider them high quality and less likely to return them, according to an Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) Design Survey conducted in early June. Read More
Saturday, August 21st, 2010
BALTIC IT&T – A total of 25 local and regional organisations from four European regions (Midi-Pyrénées, Navarra, Abruzzo and Latvia) took part in the various activities of the Geomatics Regional Information Society Initiative (GRISI) project – training, establishment of geomatic platforms, and preparation of more than 120 new geographic databases and 27 new Internet sites, with
