Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Germany has started its financial cooperation and assistance to Pakistan in power generation sector through renewable energy to meet the present severe energy crisis here.“Pakistan and Germany have signed two agreements recently for producing power through solar and wind and work will be started before the end of the year on these projects,” Dr. Michael
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
In November 2007, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) asked editors from a number of online publications to help with an industry survey on data quality. This was possibly one of the largest industry surveys of its kind, eliciting more than 750 responses from across the world. The information provided was subsequently used for a conference
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Entrepreneurs have the chance to win prizes totalling a million euros in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition. ESA will award a special prize of €10 000 for the best idea and support the business start up at one of its four incubation centres. Now in its seventh year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Siemens has supplied both technical expertise and operational support to the groundbreaking HSL (High-Speed Line) railway line in the Netherlands, which, by connecting the country to the European high-speed railway network for the first time, has opened new opportunities for the regional economy. Read More
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
The MSc programme in Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR) is a top-level programme aimedat preparing qualified graduates to deal with contemporary tropical forestry. It providesstudents with direct access to the best tropical forestry teaching in Europe.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Soil Action is establishing an action plan for the development of measures/programmes/initiatives to raise awareness of the importance of soil across European society (i.e. policy makers, general public, universities, schools, industry, etc.). Please have a look in the Educatunal Material (Examples) listed in the page: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Awareness/Inventory.cfm (it is nto yet published officially).
Friday, October 9th, 2009
The Rudd Government is calling for proposals for a new $300 million on-farm irrigation efficiency grants program to help deliver a long-term sustainable future for Murray-Darling Basin irrigation communities. Releasing the program guidelines today, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said the funding would help irrigation communities adjust to a future with
Friday, September 11th, 2009
This is an exciting new post where you’ll have the opportunity to ensure that sustainability is at the heart of Wiltshire Council’s spatial planning processes. Working in a small, friendly team, you’ll ensure that the Council’s Local Development Documents and associated policies meet necessary environmental, social and economic sustainability criteria, through Strategic Environmental Assessment and
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Paying people to protect forests can be an effective way to tackle deforestation and climate change but only if there is good governance of natural resources, claims this study funded by Norway’s Government. IIED, the World Resources Institute and the Center for International Forestry Research looked at existing efforts to pay people in developing nations
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
PR – The Port of Long Beach is a department within the city of Long Beach, Calif. The economic impact of the port affects not only the city, but also the entire United States. To improve the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of engineering data as well as ensure the interoperability with GIS, the Port of
