Friday, September 9th, 2011
Government officials are willing to negotiate concessions to planning reforms in order to placate opponents of the introduction of a planned presumption in favour of sustainable development, Building understands. The admission comes as the battle between the government and an increasingly organised group of anti-development and conservation campaigners over the proposed National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
Friday, September 9th, 2011
The Verified Carbon Standard is pleased to announce that the following module revision has been approved for use under the VCS Program: VMD0007 – REDD Methodological Module: Estimation of baseline carbon stock changes and greenhouse gas emissions from unplanned deforestation (BL-UP)The module, revised by The Field Museum, can be used to estimate baseline deforestation rates for
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Results from the 2011 Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) show that expert practitioners in the green economy rank Germany as the top overall national green performer while a new index consisting of 37 datasets scoring country performance places New Zealand on top.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
A bill to develop a current, accurate Federal cadastre to inventory all Federal real property has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, earning praise from MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms. The Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (“FLAIR”) Act, S. 1153, was introduced June 7 by U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Friday, August 26th, 2011
A consultation on the proposal to abolish the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) has been launched today by Defra. The Government announced the intention to abolish IWAC in July last year as part of the Arms Length Bodies Review. IWAC was set up in 2007 by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 to advise
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Africa as a continent and more specifically Zimbabwe as a country, faces several developmental issues which research has shown can be managed and minimized through open access to spatial data. Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) helps in the efficient use, management, manipulation and dissemination of spatial data for the benefit of communities and nations.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Out of the Black Sea countries, Russia has expanded its presence in the global grain market over the recent years. The increase in Russia’s export potential was greatly promoted by the grain market infrastructure’s development. In the future, its widening and upgrading will continue to be decisive factors for grain exports and market changes. Read
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The National Archives has extended the UK government licensing framework, which provides a policy and legal overview for licensing the re-use of public sector information, to cover as many licensing scenarios as possible. Speaking exclusively to GGC, Jim Wretham, head of information policy at National Archives, said the organisation had: Extended the UK government licensing framework so
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The trend of international land grabbing – when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export – can have serious environmental and social consequences, according to researchers at the Worldwatch Institute. Deals that focus solely on financial profit can leave
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Research Councils UK (RCUK), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Universities UK (UUK) today (21 July) issued a joint statement on impact. The statement recognises the range of benefits that come from excellent research and states a commitment to continue working together to build on that excellence. RCUK, HEFCE and UUK have for
