Friday, March 1st, 2013
The city government of Butuan is working together with Carag State University to update the city’s current Comprehensive Land Use Plan by using GIS. Butuan is a highly urbanised city located at the north-eastern part of Agusan...
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Strategic cropping land is an important, finite resource that is subject to competing land uses from the agriculture, mining and urban development sectors. The government aims to strike a balance between these sectors to help maintain the...
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has provided a platform to the international community to negotiate and take measures for climate change mitigation. REDD+ is emerged as an incentive based mitigation mechanism to address the...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A Nepali researcher with the University of Arizona in the United States claims to have developed the most exhaustive Geographic Information System (GIS) database for Nepal on his own. Dr Tank Ojha -- a one-time officer with the...
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
The Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture has added its voice to the widespread concerns over the development of the coal seam gas industry. But it's not CSG itself the council is worried about, so much as what...
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
The Tamil National Alliance has approached the courts to restrain the government from going ahead with its decision on the ‘land circular' — a term that refers to the decision that temporarily suspends all distribution of land...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
The NSW Minerals Council has called on the Government to strike a balance in strategic land use planning and to provide certainty. Speaking at the Environment and Community Conference today in Wollongong, NSWMC CEO Nikki Williams stated that "the...
Monday, October 17th, 2011
The Government has made changes to the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement to provide certainty to enable local authorities and developers to make land available for post earthquake residential development, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today. "The...
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is ready to share its experience with Azerbaijan in the use and management of lands, FAO Deputy Director and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia Fernanda Guerrieri told reporters...
