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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

China Deploys Drones to Monitor Sources of Pollution

BEIJING: Three unmanned aerial vehicles have been deployed by China at its environment monitoring station in Hebei to identify possible polluting activities and help cut down pollution in the province.  Read More at The Economic Times

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Viet Nam Report Underlines City Water Pollution Problem

All canals in HCM City are heavily polluted by domestic and industrial waste water, according to a newly issued report from the city's Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Testing of environmental criteria for suspended substances, BOD (biodiversity...

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

The Application of SuperGIS Server : Information Integration of Environmental Pollution Control

SuperGIS Server, developed by SuperGeo, has been successfully applied to “Yilan Pollution Control GIS.” To effectively manage and control the pollution data and distribution in Yilan, Department of Environmental Protection Yilan adopts SuperGIS Server to build “Yilan Pollution...

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

New Zealand Oil Spill Triggers Aerial Surveillance Charter

The break-up of a stranded cargo ship on the Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand has triggered the International Charter for Space  and Major Disasters. With cracks appearing the hull, and an estimate 1,900 tonnes of oil and...

Friday, March 25th, 2011

National Standard to Help Clean Up Coastal Pollution

A national standard will be drafted that limits pollutant discharge into the sea as part of a campaign to protect the fragile maritime environment, a top administrator said. Local regulations in coastal provinces are the only code of...

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

South Korea: Mapping Burial Grounds

South Korean net users have created a Google map listing where the culled cattle were buried. South Korean government dumped about a quarter of its herd on numerous spots throughout the country to slow down its worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. And worries grow that the animal blood and...