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Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Geospatial Experts Develop New Mapping Technologies in Kenya

Geospatial experts from the world’s largest alliance of agricultural research centers will gather in Nairobi from June 8-12 to develop new strategies for using high-tech mapping and analysis to improve productivity and market access for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Read More

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

GNSS Positioning Short Course Sponsored by New England Section ACSM and CALS

The New England Section ACSM and CALS are proud to present a GNSS Positioning Short Course offered on five consecutive Saturdays this summer starting on July 10, 2010 and ending on August 7, 2010. Each Saturday class begins at 8 am and ends at noon, and will be held at the University of Connecticut located

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Knowledge Dynamics, Regional Development and Public Policy

The five-year research project EURODITE, sponsored by the EU’s 6th Framework Programme, has investigated how knowledge is generated, developed and transferred within firms or organisations, and between firms or organisations in their regional and wider contexts. Read more in the publication Knowledge Dynamics, Regional Development and Public Policy from Eurodite http://www.nordregio.se/?vis=nyhet&id=7412

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Knowledge Dynamics in Regional Economic Development

Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy – Nordic-European comparisons (REKENE) Focus on the ICT, KIBS, New Media and Food & Drink sectors. Conference 24-25 August, Stockholm, Sweden How can regions learn to benefit from knowledge dynamics? Nordregio Academy with partners invite you to a conference on harnessing knowledge dynamics in regional economic development, 24th and

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Sustainable Development Course Participants Launch Forestry Projects in Tanzania, Morocco and Panama

Many NGOs and development practitioners are hoping to increase their knowledge of project design and development in order to work successfully with community members in developing successful, sustainable forest conservation and restoration projects. In an effort to make our impact training courses internationally accessible, we have launched key courses inexpensively online on project design, adapting

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Tactical Communications and Surveylab – Emergency and Disaster Communications

Tactical Communications, provider of leading technology and services for emergency and disaster communications, today announced an agreement to distribute Surveylab’s Ike1000 series of geospatial field data collection tools in Texas. Texas-based municipal and federal public safety agencies are leveraging emerging GPS and GIS technologies to help measure, monitor, and manage their assets.  “The advent of

Friday, June 4th, 2010

A Major Step Forward for the AMESD Programme

Under the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) programme, three grants were recently signed between the African Union Commission and the three Regional Implementation Centres (RICs) to implement services in support of the management of water, agricultural and environmental resources as well as land degradation and desertification mitigation, and natural habitat conservation.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Aquatic Life Declines at Early Stages of Urban Development

The number of native fish and aquatic insects, especially those that are pollution sensitive, declines in urban and suburban streams at low levels of development — levels often considered protective for stream communities, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS study examinee the effects of urbanization on algae, aquatic insects,

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Alberta Leads with Actions and Results for Clean Energy Future

Alberta’s greenhouse gas reduction program continues to support a global clean energy future with 2009 emissions reductions being the equivalent of removing 1.4 million cars off the road and a clean technology innovation fund growing to $187 million. The 2009 results saw industrial emissions reduced by seven million tonnes from business-as-usual (emissions that would have

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Measuring Carbon in Complex Landscapes with Trees

How do you account for carbon stored outside forests? Want to hear about experiences and challenges from case studies in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia? The World Agroforestry Centre  invites you to a side event on Monday 7 June during the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice 32nd session (SBSTA 32) in