Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The REDD+ Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE) is a tool for classifying and prioritizing potential REDD+ sub-national activities and for assessing critical constraints to project development, especially those associated with the legal, political, and institutional framework for carbon finance. The ROSE tool was developed and refined during 2009 in the course of conducting case studies in
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment (MABA) is a project of Sky Island Alliance (SIA), a non-profit conservation organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The project, principally sponsored by a grant from the French-based Veolia Environment Foundation http://www.fondation.veolia.com/en/ is an ambitious effort to document the biodiversity and to preserve these biologically rich environments of the Sky
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organization with 21 European member countries, and 126 associate member institutions. EFI is hosting and managing the EU FLEGT Facility, which has the role of supporting the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. The Facility is funded by the European Commission with co‐funding from the Governments
Monday, July 12th, 2010
In 1999, an earthquake along the North Anatolian fault killed some 30,000 people in western Turkey. There is some evidence that another segment closer to the densely populated city of Istanbul could be next to rupture, which could create worse devastation. A team of Turkish, American and French scientists are on a Turkish research ship
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Bob Gilligan, vice president, GE’s Digital Energy business, issued this statement today about how the heat wave in the northeastern U.S. underscores the need for the country to invest in smart grid technologies: “As record-breaking temperatures in the northeastern United States have consumers turning up their air conditioners, our overburdened electric grid is taking center
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Marine Environmental Remote-controlled Measuring And Integrated Detection – an international team of scientists and engineers developed automatic sensors and analyzers, mounted on a network of radio-controlled stations, to sample, measure and record chemical and biological changes to water. The project later became one of the cornerstones of the intergovernmental GOOS, Global Ocean Observing System. Read
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
International Land Systems (ILS), Inc., in partnership with Chemonics International will assist in improving the conservation and sustainable use of Bolivia’s vast biodiversity through the USAID-funded Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Bolivian Lowlands Activity under the Proyecto Amazónico Integrado (Integrated Amazonian Project). Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon Basin in recent decades has increased at
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation for Energy and Environment, CLEEN Oy, launches an ambitious 50 M€ research programme for five years on environmental monitoring and services. Read More
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center was officially opened last night in the presence of President Nazarbayev and heads of state in a grand ceremony, with a performance by the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, timed to coincide with the President’s birthday and Astana Day. The Center represents a major new civic, cultural and social venue for
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The Alaska Gas Pipeline started its open seasons today for the U.S. and Canadian portions of the Denali Project. Both open seasons will last 90 days, ending on October 4th, 2010. “The start of these open seasons marks the culmination of a tremendous work effort” said Bud Fackrell, Denali President. “We are pleased to have
