TECHNOLOGY
Public asked to help monitor life on earth
Source: Reuters
* Scientists aim to build Internet observatory * Could aid understanding of climate change, farm pests By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, June 1 (Reuters) - Scientists asked ...
Source: Reuters
* Scientists aim to build Internet observatory * Could aid understanding of climate change, farm pests By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, June 1 (Reuters) - Scientists asked ...
Where next for Malagasy science?
Source: SciDev.Net
As Madagascar's political unrest continues, Linda Nordling asks what long-term effects it will have on the island's scientists. Last month, Madagascar descended into political crisis as a military ...
Source: SciDev.Net
As Madagascar's political unrest continues, Linda Nordling asks what long-term effects it will have on the island's scientists. Last month, Madagascar descended into political crisis as a military ...
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
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 ...
NEWSBLOG: Behind the headlines - April 6 2006
Source: AlertNet
Today's blog covers allegations of sex abuse by peacekeepers in Darfur, why there are enough guns in south Sudan for each family to own one, and the growing natural disaster threat to one million ...
Source: AlertNet
Today's blog covers allegations of sex abuse by peacekeepers in Darfur, why there are enough guns in south Sudan for each family to own one, and the growing natural disaster threat to one million ...