Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
According to CNA News of December 24, 2011, the National Space Organization of Taiwan (NSPO) plans to launch FORMOSAT-5, an indigenous earth observation satellite carrying a remote sensing instrument and other scientific payloads such as the Magnetic Field Instrument in 2014, and FORMOSAT-7 in 2015 and 2017. FORMOSAT-7, a joint constellation program between Taiwan and the US, consists of 12 meteorological satellites
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Some of the major challenges we are facing in the mining sector today is funding. As you are aware, there are three things that stimulate mining anywhere in the world. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Ensuring the poor or the most vulnerable sections of society benefit from REDD+ is key to building both national and international legitimacy, and foster successful delivery of conservation and social objectives. Equitable benefit sharing issues at a community or household level are overlooked in both academic and non-academic literature compared to distributional issues at international
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
It will discuss the types of GIS products and services being provided by public agencies to external organizations and the nature and legal basis of agreements for cost sharing and funding of GIS programs. Read More
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
So why could we be living in the 1990s? I think we’re at the point of no return with licences. We can go two ways, one where everything converges and is awesome or it all falls down and goes wrong. Read More
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Updated air pollution indicators have been published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). They include indicators presenting past emission trends, contributions of different sectors and analysis of reasons for past changes. The indicators cover a range of substances affecting the ozone layer, acid rain and air quality. Four are from the EEA’s Core Set of
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Slogging through the process of professional certification solo can sometimes feel like a marathon effort. I’ve been collaborating with the NZ SSSI representatives to pull together these workshops, initially in Wellington, which have been designed to help you sprint through preparing your GIS-AP certification portfolio. GISP-AP (GIS Professional – Asia-Pacific Certification) is software-independent professional certification for
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Delegates have ended Brazil’s Porto Alegre World Social Forum with calls for sustainable alternatives ahead of the UN’s 20th anniversary environmental summit in June. They condemned Brazilian forestry and dam projects. Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The Executive Council recently approved a number of projects that support the UAE’s global role as an energy provider. The Shams solar power plant is scheduled to be operational by August and will contribute 100 megawatts to the Abu Dhabi power grid. Approval has also been given for the construction of the Sir Baniyas wind farm. Read
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The first such satellite, Chibis-M, was launched from the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft this morning. According to scientists, six satellites will be needed to verify the theory that greenhouse gas emissions emanate from marshes which are believed to be the main source of methane. Read More
