Sunday, December 18th, 2011
In this visionary paper Robin McLaren is exploring one potential solution to the security of tenure gap through establishing a partnership between land professionals and citizens that would encourage and support citizens to directly capture and maintain information about their land rights. It was presented at the annual FIG-Commission 7 meeting last October in Innsbruck
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
The surveying of land that is currently taking place in the village of Xaibe has become a major issue for villagers. Last night we told you about the meeting that took place on Sunday where villagers decided that a letter, requesting the discontinuance of the survey, be drafted out and sent to Minister of Natural
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
At a time when governments –obsessed with their economic headaches- are tempted to slash support for bold environmental policies, we should be under no illusions about the urgent need for a concerted and holistic approach to counter water shortage. Water insecurity is one of the greatest challenges facing societies in the 21st century. In the enclosed
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Russia and India intend to cooperate in the production of satellite navigation equipment and to provide services to civilian users of the Glonass system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday in a statement. Read More
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
The Bureau of Meteorology has published its first Australian water resources assessment. This report will assist all Australians, particularly policy-makers and planners, to understand the current state of the nation’s water resources and to assess the impact of past and present water management practices. The Australian Water Resources Assessment 2010 is the first in a
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Support must be given to the efforts of developing countries to improve data collection, Sha Zukang, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, told the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi (13 December). “We must establish partnerships so that we can tap into commercial data and information sources to bridge data gaps,” he said. Read
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
While its decks have been given a fresh coat of paint and heat resistant tiles installed the carrier is understood to be missing arrestor wires used to prevent jet fighters going into the sea after landing. But after an initial sea trial ended in uncertainty over how advanced the warship had become there is growing speculation
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Belarus is planning to launch a remote sensing satellite from the Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2012, the republic’s Academy of Science reports. The satellite will be launched together with a Russian-made one. Read More
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Caspian Sea is related to the category of partially freezing seas with shallow water northern part of the sea freezing every year. In 2011 the sea water temperature dropped below 00C in the first ten-day period of December and young ice formed near Volga river delta. Prevailing strong winds moved the ice edge from north-west to
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
A proposed rail link from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland to Kirkenes in the north of Norway has taken centre stage in discussions on upgrading the transport network in the Arctic region. The prospect of less ice in the Arctic Ocean through global warming means that the ocean could become more navigable. This would make it
