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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

6th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts

Hong Kong, widely celebrated as Asia's world city, is increasingly integrated with the Pearl River Delta Region of China. Sustainability of Hong Kong depends on coastal developments that require engineering solutions. The issues of concern include coastal...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

GEO Supersite Monitors, Models the Sendai Disaster

Pooling the best and most up-to-date images and model results, a new GEO Geohazard Supersite has been established to advance scientific understanding of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and support recovery operations. Meanwhile, theInternational Charter on Space and Major...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Viet Nam: Infrastructure Draws Private Investment

Efforts to raise more capital from the private sector for infrastructure development projects were on the right track, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. From now to 2020, Viet Nam will need US$160 billion to develop...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

New Director for Minerals Down Under Flagship

Following an intensive international search and selection process, CSIRO has appointed one of its own, Jonathan Law, as the new Director of the organisation’s Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship.  Mr Law brings with him a strong...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Japan Quake Caused Unusually Severe Soil Collapse

The scale of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami wasn't the only thing that surprised geologists. The 9.0 earthquake in Japan — the fourth most powerful quake ever recorded — also caused an unusually severe and widespread shift in soil...

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Government Creates Commission to Order Cabo Ledo Coastline

A note from the Provincial Government of Bengo, that reached Angop on Sunday, reads that the technical group will be coordinated by the provincial deputy governor for services and infrastructure, Jorge Pedro Bessa, assisted by the director...

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Free Esri Seminar – How to Leverage GIS for Land Records Management

Esri is providing free, half-day seminars across the country to help land records custodians be more productive. Professionals in land records who currently work in a desktop, mobile, server, or cloud technology environment and want to modernize...

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

ANZIF 2011 Conference “Pacific Forestry – Growing a Forestry Future”

ANZIF 2011 “Pacific Forestry – Growing a Forestry Future” is a conference targeting forestry policy makers, managers and practitioners from the South Pacific region. Foresters from this part of the world have been challenged to lead a...

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Production of Systems for Satellites to be Increased

The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit here will step up production of systems for satellites and launch vehicles because of ISRO's plan to increase the frequency of satellite launches to meet the rising demand. The fabrication of Polar Satellite...

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

National College to Start Diploma in Remote Sensing

National Post Graduate College will introduce post-graduate diploma in geographical information system (GIS) and remote sensing, and retail management from the 2011-12 academic session. "The course of these kinds are not being run by higher education institutions...