Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Between 17-19 May 2011, about 50 participants, such as institutional investors, investment advisors, timber funds, forest business developers, and forestry specialists - attended the meeting "Forestry Investments in Emerging Markets" organised by FAO, the NFP Facility and...
Monday, June 27th, 2011
The Australian utilities sector faces an information black hole within a decade unless it works to retain the knowledge of its ageing workforce, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist Bill Meehan told the Smart Electricity World conference in...
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Is China trying to divert the Brahmaputra waters to its dry north and north-western regions? Or, is it merely trying to build small dams along the river? The Government of India seems clueless if SM Krishna’s recent...
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
The Punjab government is all set to put six big cities with ultra modern ‘Geographical Information System’ (GIS) to facilitate future planning, expansion and maintenance of civic infrastructure in these cities. Disclosing this here today, Local Bodies and...
Friday, June 24th, 2011
A high-speed rail line between Australia's major east coast cities must link Sydney to either Melbourne or Brisbane within three hours if it is to be viable, according to the head of French transport and electricity giant...
Friday, June 24th, 2011
The NSW Government will support development of a national rail technology plan to help strategically position the rail manufacturing industry for the future. The National Rail Technology Roadmap is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Innovation,...
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
China Information Technology, Inc. announced that its project with Shuohuang Railway Development Co., Ltd. (Shuohuang Railway) has made important breakthroughs having recently passed its appraisal phase, and now entering its implementation phase. The project will be the...
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Saudi Arabia has begun laying stress on hydrography, knowing fully well that exclusion of this science for a maritime nation like the Kingdom could prove crucial, since the future resources for the Kingdom could come from the...
