Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Work to tackle illegal logging has taken a step forward with the news that Indonesia has become the fifth country to sign a voluntary partnership agreement with the EU to protect its forests which will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia is leading the way in Asia and has one of the biggest
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
A team from the IOI-Malta Operational Centre, made up of Alan Deidun, Aldo Drago, Adam Gauci, Joel Azzopardi and Anthony Galea, recently conducted a research project in which they statistically compared ocean colour values from satellites with in situ values collected in the field. Ocean colour can be used to gauge the productivity of a marine
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Finns commute. Statistics show that a third of the Finns that are in regular employment go to work outside of their municipality of residence. The commuter traffic, which often takes place by train, is primarily directed towards larger cities and central communities.According to information compiled by Statistics Finland, of the larger cities in the country, the
Monday, October 10th, 2011
The Russian space agency has dropped plans to construct a new Rus-M carrier rocket by 2015, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Friday. “We have come to the conclusion that we do not need a new rocket, we can continue using those we already have,” Popovkin said. The two-stage Rus-M, intended to replace Russia’s ageing Soyuz carrier
Monday, October 10th, 2011
During a seminar on ‘Urban Infrastructure and Services’ at Cept University, Dr Isher Ahluwalia, head of High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) presented the report on the financial implications of providing urban infrastructure in 500 cities to Gujarat government. Sharing the report, Ahluwalia praised the town planning schemes and the use of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are solely for military purposes, but professors and researchers at the Institute of Aerospace Engineering (LÚ) at the Brno University of Technology see great potential for “civilian” uses of UAVs. Instead of sitting back and waiting for legislation to take hold, researchers at the university are moving forward and developing
Monday, October 10th, 2011
China’s railways carried a record total of 67.3 million passengers from September 28 to October 7, the Ministry of Railways said on Saturday. According to Xinhua, many Chinese went on a travelling spree for the weeklong National Day holiday. The figure was up 5.8 percent over the same period last year, with a daily record of 8.9
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A new company spun off from German services group Bilfinger Berger is planning to brave the jumpy markets and raise £245m via a London float to invest in roads and defensive assets. Read More
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
A 13-member National Technical Committee on Spatial and Land Use Planning was, yesterday, inaugurated in Accra. The Committee has been tasked to provide policy direction and inputs of strategic national interest to the preparation of the Spatial Development Framework and ensure consistency with the National Development Agenda. The committee is also expected to provide a framework for
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
The State Aerogeodetic Center will soon open in Azerbaijan in the near future, Azerbaijani State Committee for Land and Cartography Chairman Garib Mammadov said today. The center will receive information from 37 satellite geodetic stations of the country for further processing. “A satellite geodetic network was established under the Real Estate Registration Project of the World Bank
