Monday, January 28th, 2013
As dozens of bushfires continue to burn across the country (not least in New South Wales) many Australians find themselves unable to return home while many others have no home to return to. While we all rely on the media for information...
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Next to climate change, poor planning is getting the flak when it comes to environmental disasters. Poor planning is blamed for many things that have gone wrong in our country. From flooding to bad site location to poor...
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Today, Esri announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft to assist public and private agencies and communities around the world during disasters. Microsoft will display Esri public information maps on its cloud-based Disaster Response Incident Portal, as well...
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Business operators in areas of Queensland affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi and the 2011 floods in southeast Queensland will have an opportunity this month to highlight their experiences. Geoscience Australia will circulate a survey to a total of...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system will soon be adding its unique talents to a global search and rescue service. The international satellite rescue system, Cospas-Sarsat, has been making air and sea travel safeter for 30 years and already...
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
e-GEOS (80%-owned by Telespazio and 20%-owned by the Italian Space Agency) has won two tenders launched by the European Commission worth a total of EUR 9.6 million, as part of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and...
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Vietnam will launch the first remote sensing satellite in the next three years, to serve monitoring natural resources and natural disasters, said officials from the Institute for Space Technology of Vietnam. Dr. Doan Minh Chung, the institute’s...
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Insurer QBE says it has accepted 93 per cent of the $350 million in claims made in relation to the recent extreme weather events in Australia. The insurer's management told its annual general meeting the entire industry...
