Monday, January 24th, 2011
For the first time in Nepal, a wild tiger fitted with satellite collar was translocated from the Chitwan National Park (CNP) to Bardia National Park (BNP) today. CNP authorities had rescued the injured male tiger from the...
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
A new set of national engineering guidelines for dealing with storm and floodwaters are bogged down in funding problems, while Victoria's major flood strategy is more than two years behind schedule and still incomplete. Urban flooding is...
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
The Esri Asia Pacific Conference, one of the most highly anticipated geographic information systems (GIS) events in the region, will be hosted by the Philippines on January 26-27, 2011 at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City....
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
The next meeting of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has been scheduled for 29 April 2011. The deadline for making proposals to assign, alter, approve or discontinue names is 25 February 2011,...
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
Public vans commuting between Thammasat University Rangsit campus and inner-city areas will soon be equipped with GPS tracking devices to boost safety for passengers. The TU Rangsit campus public van station will be the first in the country...
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
The Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) told Itar-Tass, “The Zenit-2SB carrier rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage, that was blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 15:29, Moscow time, Thursday, at 00:28 MSK Friday successfully placed on the target...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
China is experiencing rapid and large scale urbanization—and the resulting local and global urban environmental challenges are unprecedented. The Chinese Government has fully recognized these challenges and various initiatives are being pursued to make urban growth more...
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inked an agreement today forging ahead with their partnership to help develop Cambodia’s nascent mining sector. Read More
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Offering space and logistical support for setting up of country’s first Geospatial Technology Park, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today invited the world leaders in the sector ‘to be part of the growth story of Gujarat.’
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