Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Energy is a key issue around the globe to today and Geoff Zeiss of Autodesk is no stranger to utilities and infrastructure. He has been writing extensively about energy related matters on his excellent blog ‘Between the...
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
The UN-REDD Programme’s 2011 “Year in Review” report has been launched this week at the Programme's Policy Board meeting in Asunción, Paraguay. The 2011 “Year in Review” report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the significant progress and...
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Many national and international policies are implemented to mobilise livelihood resources of forest based communities for environmental conservation including climate change mitigation. However, research and development agencies have been given little attention on developing robust research methods...
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has announced a Call for Participation (CFP) in the 5th phase of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP-5). The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) provides leadership...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Monday, February 20th, 2012 The Farmland Bill and Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Bill were submitted to parliament during the second session but had not been passed when the session ended in late November. Activists and land rights experts say the...More Warnings Over Myanmar Land Bills
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The treatment meted out to the former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, G. Madhavan Nair, was inappropriate, according to senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh. “This is not the way to treat a great scientist like him,”...
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The Surveying, Geographic Information and Map Division in China asserted it's overall 2012 strategy this past week at a plenary meeting. Min Yi-jen acted as deputy director of the meeting, which focused upon new requirements and a...
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Few international research centres are able to engage with a broad range of forest-related issues, stress the perspectives of poor countries and communities, combine policy and research, question conventional wisdom and constantly focus on how to have...
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Indonesia is taking aim at infrastructure development. The country recognizes the serious shortage of infrastructure within it's borders and understands that services, including basic protection, transport and marine operations all depend upon fully functioning infrastructure. The government...
