Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Headquartered in the capital city of Riga, the Latvian Rural Support Service (RSS) is responsible for implementing European Union (EU) policy in the sectors of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and rural development across the Eastern European country that is home to more than 2.2 million people. One of the organization’s primary tasks is to oversee the EU’s Single Area Payment
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
On its way to deliver emergency fuel to Nome, Alaska, the Russian tanker Renda will move through an area used by wintering spectacled eiders, a federally threatened sea duck. But, to protect the ducks and their wintering habitat, resource managers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and navigators from the U.S. Coast Guard are using satellite telemetry information from the U.S. Geological Survey to plot a
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
The sun heats the earth, but unevenly. The excess heat around the equator moves towards the poles, via a number of different mechanisms, the most noticeable for us humans being via air masses. That’s what much of our weather is about. Heat also moves towards the poles, in the ongoing evening-out of energy distribution on
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Rising energy prices and concerns about carbon emissions are making us all increasingly conscious of how much we spend on gas and electricity. A lot of organisations are ready to provide advice for reducing the bill, but now a city council is ready to use geographical information systems (GIS) to give people guidance in response to information
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
From UNEP’s contribution to the UN’s ‘International Year of Forests’ to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy, 2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012. Read More
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
From UNEP’s contribution to the UN’s ‘International Year of Forests’ to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy, 2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012. Read More
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
To enhance coastal resources and develop livelihood of coastal communities, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2 has institutionalized the implementation of the integrated coastal resources management project (ICRMP) to 12 participating local government units of Cagayan. The project was implemented in the marine corridor of Cagayan, which was identified by the Philippine
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
A model has helped shed light on how human-started fires shaped Africa’s landscape, researchers report. Before human activity became widespread, most fires were caused by lightning strikes during the continent’s wet seasons, they said. As the human population expanded, more fires occurred during the dry season, triggering a shift in the impact of fires on Africa’s ecology,
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Mapping of utilities, a tool to identify gaps in civic amenities, may soon cover more areas in major cities, including Chennai, with the National Informatics Centre planning to suggest measures for suitable modifications to the Ministry of Defence guidelines on digital map data handling. This follows an appeal to this effect to the NIC from officials
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
The Netherlands is capable of achieving an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is possible by implementing a mix of reduced energy demand, use of biomass, carbon capture and storage, and clean electricity generation accompanied by an increased share of electricity in final energy demand. Read More
