Monday, December 5th, 2011
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force today released its final strategy for long term ecosystem restoration for the Gulf Coast, following extensive feedback from citizens throughout the region. EPA Administrator and Task Force Chair Lisa P. Jackson, partnering with Task Force Co-Chair Garret Graves, made the announcement today during keynote remarks at the 2011
Monday, December 5th, 2011
The world’s poorest people are on the frontlines of climate change, with everything to lose and little to cushion the blow of its far-reaching impacts. A new position paper by the Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN) illustrates how empowering local communities to pursue sustainable livelihoods while managing their natural resources can contribute to better
Monday, December 5th, 2011
aisle411, the premier mobile retail navigation service that saves shoppers time and frustration by helping find what they are looking for in-store, today announced that Hy-Vee Food Stores has deployed the aisle411 platform. Shoppers can access the aisle411 in-store shopping platform for Hy-Vee Food Stores within aisle411’s iPhone and Android applications, as well as within
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Mincom announced a significant new contract with the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia. Under the agreement, Mincom will support a substantial upgrade of the asset-management processes of the PTA, which provides integrated road, rail and ferry services in the greater metropolitan area of Perth (the State capital), as well as rail and coach services throughout
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Indra is planning to unveil its advanced railway traffic management solution, ticketing and access control systems, as well as its STACrail, a system for assisted exploitation, at BcnRail, the international railway industry show in Barcelona, Spain. The DaVinci system for railway traffic management solutions has been developed with Adif, which is being used in the Spanish
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Cities worldwide are facing rapid social, economic, environmental, technological and cultural changes such as: rapid urbanisation, aging of society, security issues, housing emergency, new solutions on mobility, integration of immigrants, food and water shortage, etc. Especially in times of economic crisis and demographic changes in cities, it is necessary to think about how to best handle what
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Yale University and the Inter-American Development Bank are pleased to invite you to the dialogue on the project Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin. The project is funded by the IDB and aims to build the capacity of indigenous leaders and communities to represent themselves in national, regional and international climate change
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) is pleased to offer improved support for the use of SEGY files within the Geographic Calculator v7.6 module. Geographic Calculator is just one of the modules available within the Blue Marble Desktop v2.3. While the Geographic Calculator has always supported SEGY data, version 7.6 has added robust new features to
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Nominations can now be made for the ISPRS awards which will be presented at the ISPRS Congress in Melbourne next year. Awards are available for various activities, so please read the terms of reference to ensure that nominations are made for the appropriate award. Full details of the awards can be found at www.isprs.org/documents/awards.aspx nominations must be made
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
As the International Year of Forests comes to a close, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s North American Environmental Atlas and the North American Forest Commission (NAFC) have teamed up to produce a new map of the primary forest ecological zones of North America. The national forest inventories for the three countries, with data from approximately 4.5 million
