Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Construction and Planning Agency (CPA), the central government authority responsible for national spatial resource planning, utilizing, and management, dedicates to balance regional development, promote urban regeneration, and manage non-urban land development permission. In order to deal with...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending loans of up to $500 million to help India improve rail services along some of its busiest freight and passenger transport routes. The ADB Board of Directors has approved a multitranche financing facility...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
The Forestry Ministry promised that they would comply with instructions from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to speed up the issuance of permits for geothermal projects based in forest areas. “When the requirements are completed, we guarantee that...
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Strategic regional land use planning, is the way we are trying to manage the land use tensions that have emerged with the mining boom. The final policy will have a major impact on agriculture, communities, royalties received by...
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Pakistan plans to work with China, Japan and Europe to expand its network of remote sensing (RS) satellites for use in environment monitoring and natural resource surveys. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced this...
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The world’s population is projected to reach approximately 7 billion by 2012. Much of the growth will be in less economically developed countries in central Asia and South America where demands on water resources are already high...
