Friday, July 15th, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. and Bayer Technology Services GmbH, have signed a new enterprise agreement for the global use of Autodesk software. Using Autodesk software, Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials, will be able to implement a more streamlined process for the design, construction and operation
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The methodology was developed by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) and the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund and can be used to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from areas where unplanned deforestation is taking place and to quantify the emission reductions that occur when such deforestation is curbed. The new methodology provides a way to address simultaneously both frontier and mosaic deforestation,
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) are seeking to fill several project positions with the UN-REDD Programme, ranging from young professionals to a senior position as Programme Coordinator (UN-REDD Country implementation). Read More
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics announces their participation at the Esri User Conference in San Diego California. Blue Marble is excited to be showcasing their newest version of the Blue Marble Desktop v2.3 due to be released later this month. The Blue Marble team will continue to demo the Desktop at the Blue Marble booth (number 913),
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Lockheed Martin and Esri will collaborate on technologies to put online geospatial apps and services in the hands of more military, intelligence, homeland security and emergency response users worldwide. Lockheed Martin recently joined the Esri Partner Network as a Gold Tier partner to offer powerful geographic information systems (GIS) tools and apps to a wide
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Project idea on developing methods for assessing land degradation in Thailand started after the disaster caused by landslides and followed by flash floods which destroyed lot of properties including loss of human lives in various places of Thailand in 2001.The heavy rains of 11 August 2001 caused landslides and flooding in the lowlands. Many trees
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The project DEMOCHANGE is co-funded by the “Alpine Space Programme”, the EU transnational co-operation programme for the Alps. The Alpine Space “DEMOCHANGE” project’s aim is to better understand the past, current and future regional and spatial impacts of demographic change specifically within the mountain regions. Therefore, it is allocated to the programmes priority “Competitiveness and Attractiveness”,
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The final report of the “Support study for development of the non-legislative acts provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market” (referred often as EUTR Support Study) is available on the European Commission website.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Bluesky Solar Maps are helping businesses in the South of England benefit from free or low cost electricity. Working with Tidebank Energy, Bluesky has identified commercial properties across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex that have suitable roofs for arrays of solar panels. Qualifying businesses can enjoy free Solar electricity in exchange for renting their roof
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
With only three months before the start of our Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling workshop, we are now more than half full. Registration has been brisk, and we anticipate being completely full well before the October 17th start. If you are considering joining us in Banff this year to fine-tune your numerical modeling skills, please act quickly
