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Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Russian, Turkmen Scientists Create Satellite Monitoring Centre

The Russian Academy of Sciences has offered support and assistance to Turkmenistan in creating a national satellite monitoring centre. The offer was made in the Russian Academy of Sciences’ section of the international exhibition “Science, Hardware and Innovative...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Cambodia – Implementation Agreement on Land Rights Program

On the morning of 25 May, 2011 at MLMUPC’s Cabinet (Mondial) there was a Signing Ceremony of Implementation Agreement on Land Rights Program Phase 1 March 2011 – February 2013) between the Ministry of Land Management, Urban...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Sydney Water – Best Practice Guidelines for Water Management

Sydney Water launched its Best practice guidelines for water management in aquatic leisure centres on Tuesday, 24 May, before an audience of centre managers and industry representatives at the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. The 160-page guidelines provide...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Jordan’s $5 Billion Railway Plan

The planned railway is expected to have a major impact on the region, providing a cargo and ultimately a passenger link from Jordan to Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey and Iraq, as well as Saudi Arabia and other...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Morocco, South Korea Sign Water and Environment MoU

The agreement provides for preserving natural resources, enhancing water resources, rehabilitating watercourses, managing water infrastructures, and protecting the environment, said a statement of the Secretariat of State in charge of Water and Environment. The two countries also...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

China Satellite Application Center Launched

The opening ceremony of SBSM Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center was held on December 18, 2009. SBSM Director General Xu Deming unveiled the plate of the center and made a speech at the ceremony. The center’s...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

VNN Counters Ex-min’s Claims on GIS Taxation

The tussle between the Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) and former minister Shatrudra Prakash over the use of geographic information system (GIS) for calculating and issuing house tax bills seems to be growing fast. The nagar nigam authorities...

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011

On behalf of the Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS), I would like to welcome you all to the 32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) to be held in Taipei from October 3 to 7, 2011....

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Interactive Timeline Mapping China’s Drought-ridden Provinces

This spring’s extreme weather is the latest in a series of water shortages, exposing the risks that limited freshwater resources pose for the world’s biggest agricultural producer, top energy consumer, and fastest-growing industrial economy. Click through the...

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Viet Nam – To Boost Rural Areas, says PM

Building a new rural model is an urgent mission and a strategic policy for the sustainable development of Viet Nam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the launching ceremony for the Central Council for Emulation and...