TECHNOLOGY
Satellites can help monitor and manage African droughts
Source: SciDev.Net
Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing African droughts. The six million square kilometres of the Greater Horn of ...
Source: SciDev.Net
Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing African droughts. The six million square kilometres of the Greater Horn of ...
Fires: Spotted from satellites, warned by phone
Source: SciDev.Net
Combining satellite data with mobile phones offers cheap and effective tools for managing fires, says South African scientist Philip Frost. South Africa, like much of the continent, is home to ...
Source: SciDev.Net
Combining satellite data with mobile phones offers cheap and effective tools for managing fires, says South African scientist Philip Frost. South Africa, like much of the continent, is home to ...
Tech-savvy Iranian youth take aim at Ahmadinejad
Source: Reuters
* Protesters use technology in their "hacktivism" * Innovation-savvy youth aim to aid Iran resistance By Joshua Schneyer NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ali Jahanshahi, a young, tech- ...
Source: Reuters
* Protesters use technology in their "hacktivism" * Innovation-savvy youth aim to aid Iran resistance By Joshua Schneyer NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ali Jahanshahi, a young, tech- ...
Dhuvaafaru: the rebirth of a community in the middle of the ocean (4/6)
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland
When work began in April 2006, the 40-hectare coral island was uninhabited. Within three years, and at a cost of 35 million US$, it has been transformed into a thriving community that now boasts 600 new houses, three schools, one mosque, a health centre and an island administration block complete with auditorium and sports stadium. Creating an entire community on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean has been a massive undertaking that has presented many logistical challenges. As the island lies 185 kilometres north of the capital, Male, thousands of tons of cement, construction materials and machinery all had to be brought in by ship together with the 600-strong labour force, many of whom originate from countries as far a field as China, Indonesia and the Philippines. More information: http://www.ifrc.org/dhuvaafaru Discover where this story takes place (requires Google Earth installed): http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/tsunamis/google-earth/dhuvaafaru/logistics.kmz
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland
When work began in April 2006, the 40-hectare coral island was uninhabited. Within three years, and at a cost of 35 million US$, it has been transformed into a thriving community that now boasts 600 new houses, three schools, one mosque, a health centre and an island administration block complete with auditorium and sports stadium. Creating an entire community on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean has been a massive undertaking that has presented many logistical challenges. As the island lies 185 kilometres north of the capital, Male, thousands of tons of cement, construction materials and machinery all had to be brought in by ship together with the 600-strong labour force, many of whom originate from countries as far a field as China, Indonesia and the Philippines. More information: http://www.ifrc.org/dhuvaafaru Discover where this story takes place (requires Google Earth installed): http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/tsunamis/google-earth/dhuvaafaru/logistics.kmz
REPORT: Aid agency blogging
Source: AlertNet
Greater immediacy, openness and interactivity are just a few of the advantages of blogging as a way for aid agencies to communicate about their work. But those are benefits that have eluded many ...
Source: AlertNet
Greater immediacy, openness and interactivity are just a few of the advantages of blogging as a way for aid agencies to communicate about their work. But those are benefits that have eluded many ...
