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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies...
South Korea’s Space Agency Seeks 47% Budget Hike for 2027; Regular Nuri Launches, Lunar Lander Development to Begin
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has proposed a 2027...
Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has launched the...
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Amid the rapidly-evolving field of military space operations, Beijing...
ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05,...
China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released its first...
India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...

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Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Lessons from UN-REDD in Vietnam

UN-REDD Programme Viet Nam is developing two reports, the evaluation report for effectiveness of awareness raising and training, and lesson learned report from activities in particular areas such as Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Benefits Distribution...

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Scientists Create High Resolution, 3D Maps of Forests in Madagascar

A team of scientists has created the first high resolution maps of remote forests in Madagascar. The effort, which is written up in the journal Carbon Balance and Management, will help more accurately register the amount of carbon...

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Paper: Mainstreaming Pakistan for REDD+: The Way Forward to Readiness Phase”

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...

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

RapidEye’s New REDD Satellite Coverage Page

Offering the largest collection capacities and the quickest return time to any place on earth, the RapidEye constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites is extremely well suited to image countries involved in the REDD and REDD+...

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Maximizing the Co-benefits of REDD-Plus Actions

Organised together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines and with assistance from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the workshop provided a forum for experts involved in ICI projects...

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Stakeholders Incentives for REDD and Deforestation and Governance Survey

The opportunity costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) accruing to different stakeholders in Indonesia, including companies and the national, provincial and district level governments, are estimated, with particular emphasis on the influence of alternative...

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Clark Labs Hosts Two New Videos on Website

Clark Labs of Clark University is pleased to announce that two new tutorials have been added to the video series on its website. Both videos highlight functionality within the IDRISI software's modeling applications: Land Change Modeler and...

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Report – Forestry Investments in Emerging Markets

Between 17-19 May 2011, about 50 participants, such as institutional investors, investment advisors, timber funds, forest business developers, and forestry specialists - attended the meeting "Forestry Investments in Emerging Markets" organised by FAO, the NFP Facility and...

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Cambodia and Laos’ Aruna Technology Joins RapidEye’s Network

RapidEye announced today that Cambodia and Laos-based Aruna Technology is now part of its growing
distribution network. As part of the agreement, Aruna's territory will be Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. John Ahlrichs, Vice President of Distributor Sales at...