Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Recent water-related events – from extreme droughts across the southwestern United States to flooding in central China – provide vivid examples of the potential impacts of water on people, businesses, and local infrastructure. To assess and respond...
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
RASAT, the first observation satellite designed and produced by Turkish engineers, will be launched into space on Wednesday, from the Yasny Launch Base, located in a southwestern Russian oblast bordering Kazakhstan. RASAT was designed, manufactured and tested...
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
PositionNZ-RT is LINZ's Global Positioning System Active Control Network. Through this site you can download GPS 30 second RINEX files from the active control stations which you can use with remote GPS station data to determine precise positions...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
This report gives an interesting overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and their respective trading partners. More than 20 maps graphically depict the import and export volumes and values of the wood...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Government to allocate more funds to 16 flood-control and irrigation projects due for completion in 2015. It also sought approval to mobilise funds for these projects, which are estimated to...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
United Nations humanitarian agencies in Pakistan are on standby after sustained rains have reportedly affected up to 750,000 people in Punjab and Sindh provinces, killing up to 25 and displacing some 50,000 others. The UN Office for...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Government officials in Palau joined United Nations experts at a training workshop here on the use of satellite technology to improve the Pacific island nation’s preparedness for natural disasters that are a major threat to national physical...
Monday, August 15th, 2011
The government will increase investments on physical infrastructure in the 12th Five-Year Plan, starting next year, with special emphasis on connecting remote and rural parts of India through rail and road, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Natural mayhem can create havoc not only to human lives, but also to economies. The Recent disaster in Japan vouches for this. Recently an ‘analysis and mapping’ firm maplecroft released a report stating that emerging economies like India,...
Friday, August 12th, 2011
U.S. researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups say they've created a map of the world's coral reefs charting climate stress impacts. The map identifies world reef systems at risk from high seawater temperatures, ultra-violet radiation,...
