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Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Scorpio Tanker Completes Northern Sea Route Voyage to Thailand

A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the...

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Modelling Glacier Melt and Runoff in Greenland and in the Nepal Himalaya

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...

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Timber Trade Flow Maps of China and the Mekong Region

This report gives an interesting overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and their respective trading partners. More than 20 maps graphically depict the import and export volumes and values of the wood...

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Invitation – Forest Carbon/ REDD in Asia

Forest Carbon Asia is a web-based information and analysis service that seeks to provide up-to-date, objective and insightful information and analysis on forest carbon resources, policies, players, activities and investments across the Asian region. The website 

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Call – Asian Space Conference

I invite you to participate in the forthcoming Asian Space Conference here in Singapore, 14-16 December 2011. How?  You could submit a paper, exhibit space-industry technology, release your new book, demonstrate projects and products, exhibit space art, discuss your latest satellite, show your amazing remote...

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Topcon Beijing (HK) Joins Pointools Sales Partner Program in Asia

Topcon Beijing (HK)  Ltd., a leading provider of 3D laser scanning technology, has joined the  Pointools Partner Program in Asia. Pointools software is used by project teams  to reference and reuse the largest point cloud models –...

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

STAR – Satellite Technology For The Asia-Pacific Region

The Satellite Technology for the Asia-Pacific Region (STAR) program is an international initiative to develop small satellites in collaboration with engineers and researchers from the Asia-Pacific region. STAR Program aims to 1) Provide opportunities to build capacity for Space...

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

QZSS and the Growing Role of GNSS in Asia

In a presentation by Hiroaki Tateshita Hiroaki Tateshita of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) given in Bali, Indonesia last week, an update of current GNSS activity was provided. The new Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) satellite that...

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Asian Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures

Recent oil spill events in the Gulf of Mexico should cause others to awaken to the possibility that their coasts could be threatened by similar circumstances. Asian countries are now in a position to learn many...

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Yahoo Buys Location-Based Service in Asia

Yahoo's crush on location-based offerings appears to be building steam. A day after announcing a new mapping alliance with Nokia, Yahoo said it has acquired Asian location-based service Koprol. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Koprol is similar to...

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