Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
On 8 March 2011 the Alpine Conference has officially recognised and rewarded eight Alpine regions – among which five Econnect pilot regions – for their exemplary work aiming at the creation of an alpine ecological network. The XIth Alpine Conference in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, honoured the efforts of these regions in improving ecological connectivity
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Do you want to identify the ideal and priority surface to establish future connectivity measures? Then you can use the online tool JECAMI (Joint Ecological Continuum Analysing and Mapping Initiative-Web services). JECAMI covers the surface of the seven Econnect pilot regions where it e.g. enables visualizing at the same time habitats of species and results of
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Getmapping has announced a huge 20% discount on sales of all data products, including OS MasterMap, bought during April 2011. The discount applies to sales via the online datastore www.getmapping.com and through the dedicated Sales Order Team who can be contacted on: 01252 845444 – 9am-5pm Monday-Thursday and 9am – 4.30pm Friday. www.getmapping.com
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Forest Trends and ACT Brasil recently issued a new report which documents, demonstrates and analyzes from a multidisciplinary perspective the process of obtaining free, prior and informed consent from the Paiter-Surui People regarding the Surui Carbon Project. This project represents a promising and innovative endeavor in the Amazon, because it is designed to enhance environmental
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
GstarCAD, a leading provider of 2D/3D CAD software, was invited as the only enterprise from private sector to attend and make an important speech at the Regional Training of Trainers Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Support Institutions organized by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the National Intellectual Property Office of
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Spatial Dimension is pleased to announce that Jon Swire-Thompson has joined its Board as Non-Executive Chairman. Jon has over four decades of operational and strategic experience in the global financial, engineering and geoscience markets. As Group Chief Executive Officer of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants, Jon lead a management team in creating a highly successful and
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
ESA is making land data maps of Europe and Africa available to the public online in near-real time. The maps target land activities that are of particular interest to the agriculture and food-security user communities. The Culture-MERIS service demonstration – based on data from Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) at a resolution of 300 m
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Four teams of university students have been selected to conduct their experiments in a series of parabolic microgravity flights on the Airbus A300 Zero-G aircraft. The research ranges from helping restore balance in humans to understanding how planets form. The students were chosen from 13 teams whose proposals were short-listed in September 2010. During the final
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
When the Earth shook with a magnitude of 9.0 off the coast of Japan on Friday, 11 March, Olaf Kranz and his team at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen had to react quickly. In close cooperation with the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, we analysed the
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
An Integrated Maritime Strategy is being developed for the Channel region by an INTERREG funded project, Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy (CAMIS). This project involves UK and French partners to identify a strategic vision for the Channel which will support implementation of relevant national and EU marine and maritime policies. A key component of this
