Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Experts at a roundtable on sustainable land management in the Bangladeshi context have identified several problems in, along with some solutions to, sustainable land management in a country where, today, land is perhaps the most sought-after resource....
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
In his account of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, Sir Douglas Mawson (1915) described his encounter with large icebergs, resembling ice walls, during the voyage south to Adélie Land in January 1912: 'a south‒south‒east was blowing...
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
The Federal Service of State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography is responsible for the evaluation process and said it hopes to get the complete picture by the end of this year. Evaluation has been completed only in 12 regions, including Kaluga, Tver, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Rostov. The service said it...
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
A team of scientists has created the first high resolution maps of remote forests in Madagascar. The effort, which is written up in the journal Carbon Balance and Management, will help more accurately register the amount of carbon...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The water environment's observation system is too outdated to manage the large river systems and the rapid pace of development in the country.Viet Nam has a dense system of rivers and streams, which makes up 2 per...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Blom CGR, the Italian subsidiary of Blom ASA, has partnered with the Saudi Arabian firm Unicom to secure a contract with the Development Commission of Medina (DCOM). The contract involves providing professional services for the production of...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Lebanon is home to one of the world's most vibrant real-estate markets. The real estate sector, which accounts for some six billion dollars in Lebanon's economy, has traditionally been a catalyst of growth. Thirteen to fifteen percent...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The need for more land resulting from population growth, urbanization and industrialization has increased the pressure on land use planning and development. To extend the use and functionality of the land, complex infrastructures are being built, both...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Many coastal Tohoku municipalities in Japan hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and others affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis are suffering from a severe shortage of civil engineers and other backup staff, according...
