Monday, May 9th, 2011
Agriculture Minister, Julian Dominguez, who participated with their peers in the Special Meeting of the CAS X (Southern Agricultural Council), said today that the Argentine draft land law “will be approved before year end”, the once said, “the legislation will encourage more investment because it ensures a legal framework.” “Our hypothesis is that there is
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Final report from the AGILE Data Access Initiative (February 2011). The European National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies and Higher Education: Market for Geospatial Information ? Myth or Reality. For a quick preview, here’s the Executive Summary: “Access to core geospatial data sets (topographic digital map data,administrative units, hydrography, geology, etc) is critical for academic research and teaching in almost
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
HillTop CMS, the website content management system used by over 50 US congressional offices, now enables legislators to share information with constituents in an enlightening geographic context. GSL Solutions leveraged Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology to bring web mapping capabilities to its HillTop software. “In a state as large and diverse as Florida, constituents should have the best available
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Global fish production has reached an all-time high, according to research done by Nourishing the Planet for the Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online publication. Aquaculture, or fish farming – once a minor contributor to total fish harvest – increased 50-fold between the 1950s and 2008 and now contributes nearly half of all fish produced worldwide.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
On February 9, 2011, the Steering Committee of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard. The Standard is the culmination of efforts of the Address Standard Working Group, which was created in 2005 when the FGDC accepted a proposal submitted by the Urban and Regional
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Please find attached an invitation to attend a high-level event for the launch of a UNEP Finance Initiative study on REDD finance. The event will take place on 6 May at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Headquarters in London. In addition to senior representatives from financial institutions already active in forest- and REDD-finance, we are
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
You are cordially invited to a workshop on “The Social Inclusion of the Peruvian REDD Process – a multi-level governance issue”, jointly organized by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the German International Cooperation (GIZ). The workshop will take place on 26th of April, 9.00 am to 1.15 pm, at Hotel Sol
Monday, April 11th, 2011
What do the energy industry, leaders of Canada’s top enterprises, environmental groups, leading academics and policy think tanks all have in common? They have all gone on the public record in calling for a new set of energy and environmental policies for Canada. Canada faces a broad set of energy and environmental challenges. The common
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
China’s National Energy Bureau (NEB) is drafting new regulations to standardize the examination and approval of small wind farm projects, industry sources said. According to the rules, estimated to be promulgated in the first half of this year, local governments must first win approval of the NEB before they give licenses to wind farm projects that
Friday, April 8th, 2011
The administration and care of British Columbia’s publicly owned forestlands – some 60 million hectares, an area larger than France – is unstable and in deep trouble. The shifting of forest governance among three ministries in less than a year, following a decade of deregulation, has eroded forest stewardship and sustainable forest management in B.C. Signs that
