Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The importance of forests for food security is rarely studied. The subject has been well studied in the following paper (full paper on attachment). The study used a novel empirical model to examine problems of forest policy on food security and livelihoods. It also reviewed progression of forest policies for environment conservation which reduced poor
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Land use and land cover changes, including legal and illegal deforestation, are amongst the most important factors that contribute to the social and environmental challenges facing mankind in the 21st century. Deforestation alone is responsible for about 12% of the world’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whereas another 6% stems from peat oxidation and fires
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
If guide books ever bothered being honest, they’d look a lot like Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, Rebecca Solnit’s dark, cartographic poem to the Bay Area. The book — a collection of maps and essays written by both Solnit and others — reads like an alternative field guide to a city known to outsiders primarily through
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Abengoa Solar announced today that it has finalized $1.45 billion financing to build Solana, the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. This plant, with a total investment of around $2 Billion, will generate 250 net megawatts (MW). Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar, stated, “Solana is the first large scale CSP plant for Abengoa
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) market, a growing segment of the larger building efficiency industry, is quickly gaining momentum as an effective means for end-users to implement energy efficiency applications in commercial buildings. Such solutions range from reactive energy efficiency optimization software to predictive supply and demand side energy management architectures. According to a new report
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that VIASAT GeoTechnologies has signed a distributor agreement with RapidEye to join its distributors team in Canada. Joerg Widmer, Sales Executive of RapidEye, commented “We have already worked on significant data projects with VIASAT GeoTechnologies in the past and lookforward to
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is the leading international institute for sustainable mountain development and expertise on the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. The Headquarters are in Kathmandu, Nepal. ICIMOD is a dynamic regional intergovernmental organisation with a growing circle of stakeholders. Its mission is to contribute to the reduction of the scientific uncertainty around
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The National School of Geographical Sciences opens its doors Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 9h to 16h. On this occasion, meet students and teachers at the school who will answer all your questions about the subjects taught at ENSG, the courses offered and admission requirements. Read More
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Japan Broadcasting Association Web site reported that the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute is based on satellite images, there is a dispute between Japan and Russia under the “northern territories” topography, to map out the local version of topographic map. Appear on topographic maps reflect the new buildings and roads, some new information. reported previously, due to
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The NSDI has come to be seen as the technology, policies, criteria, standards and people necessary to promote geospatial data sharing throughout all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia. It provides a base or structure of practices and relationships among data producers and users that facilitates data sharing and use. It
