|
 
World Bank calls for ecosystems to be valuedNagoya, Japan (AFP) Oct 28, 2010 The World Bank on Thursday called for a radical shift in countries' economic models to include the values of forests, mangroves, coral reefs and other ecosystems. India and Colombia will be among the first countries to take part in a five-year pilot programme with the World Bank to start the economic revolution. World Bank president Robert Zoellick announced the programme on the sidelines of a UN biodiversity summit in the Japanese city of Nagoya. "The natural wealth of nations should be a c ... read more |
. |
 |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| . | . |
  Huge storm grounds Chicago flights, interrupts shipping Dangerous winds grounded hundreds of flights at Chicago's O'Hare airport and interrupting shipping traffic on the Great Lakes Tuesday as a massive storm system whipped the central United States. ... more | .. |
  New Discoveries Concerning Pre-Columbian Settlements In The Amazon The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized. Together with Brazilian colleagues, arc ... more | .. |
  Malaria deaths in India 'underestimated' Deaths from malaria in India may be as much as 10 times higher than official World Health Organization estimates, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Indian PM in Japan for nuclear, trade talks Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Japan Sunday for a visit aimed at progressing towards a civilian nuclear deal and boosting trade ties between the two nations. ... more | .. |
  India, Japan PMs to confirm trade pact, discuss nuclear deal India's prime minister kicked off talks Monday in Japan where the population giant and the high-tech nation planned to confirm a trade pact and push efforts for civilian nuclear cooperation. ... more |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| .. |
 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 21, 2010India on Thursday denied Vedanta Resources permission for a six-fold expansion of its aluminium refinery in Orissa state over environmental concerns, dealing a fresh blow to the British company. The latest setback comes as Vedanta battles to win Indian government approval of its planned 9.6-billion-dollar acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India, a unit of Edinburgh-based Cairn Ener ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 21, 2010The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36 000 km up. The Antonov An-124 cargo jetliner bringing Hylas-1 from Bangalore, India, touched down at Rochambeau airport near the capital Cayenne late in the evening of 11 October. The satellite ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Oct 20, 2010 India says it will build a more than quarter-billion-dollar underground facility to join the worldwide search for elusive neutrino particles. The country's Environment and Forests Ministry has given the Atomic Energy Department the go-ahead for the neutrino observatory to be built in the Bodi West hills on the coast of Tamil Nadu state, the BBC reported Wednesday. The $270 millio ... more |
.. |
  Maiden flight for Indian military drone: official   US takes up Pakistan military wish-list in talks   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
.. |
|
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
|
. |
 
Australian scientists say Asia's corals hit by mass die-outSydney (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday. The bleaching, triggered by a large pool of warm water which swept into the Indian Ocean in May, has caused corals from Indonesia to the Seychelles to whiten and die, Australia's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies said. Reefs in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore were also affected by the phenome ... read more |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| Previous Issues | Oct 28 | Oct 27 | Oct 26 | Oct 25 | Oct 22 |
