About the fair
Sound water governance is one of the key challenges facing our world in the 21st century. UNDP has organized this virtual exhibition to enable experts and practitioners to share best practices and solutions.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
UNDP | H2O Knowledge Fair
Regeneration and Renewal
This page describes regeneration and renewal activities by the various agencies in West Cornwall
Regeneration and Renewal
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Loading up Amazon.com this Christmas
Ten years ago, Amazon started selling books. Today, in the UK alone, it is receiving nearly 1m orders a day, having transformed itself into a giant online shopping mall. It is now challenging all the major high street chains for the title of Britain's biggest retailer, shipping millions of items at rock-bottom prices.
Earlier this year it opened one of Europe's largest warehouses in Swansea, 60% bigger than its existing monster-sized distribution centre in Milton Keynes. But already the firm is seeking a site for another huge warehouse as it anticipates sales growth of at least 15%. Other retailers are mired in gloom as consumer spending is hit by the credit crunch. But not Amazon - it is already tooling up for its next big move, with the launch early next year of a low-cost, music download service that could rival Apple iTunes
Loading up Amazon.com this Christmas Money The Guardian
Atlas of hidden water
What the UNESCO map reveals is just how many aquifers cross international borders. So far, the organisation has identified 273 trans-boundary aquifers: 68 in the Americas, 38 in Africa, 155 in Eastern and Western Europe and 12 in Asia.
Each trans-boundary aquifer holds the potential for international conflict - if two countries share an aquifer, pumping in one country will affect its neighbour's water supply.
Atlas of hidden water may avert future conflict - environment - 24 October 2008 - New Scientist
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Games Monitor | debunking Olympics myths
Games Monitor is a network of people raising awareness about issues within the 2012 London Olympic development processes.
This site provides information from the press and local sources. Support us by contributing articles and comments, and join our discussion forum.
Games Monitor debunking Olympics myths
Friday, 7 November 2008
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Mud eruption 'caused by drilling'
The eruption of the Lusi mud volcano in Indonesia was caused by drilling for oil and gas, a meeting of 74 leading geologists has concluded.
Lusi erupted in May 2006 and continues to spew out boiling mud, displacing around 30,000 people in East Java.
Drilling firm Lapindo Brantas denies a nearby well was the trigger, blaming an earthquake 280km (174 miles) away.
Around 10,000 families who have lost their homes are awaiting compensation, which could run as high as $70m (£43m).
BBC NEWS Science & Environment Mud eruption 'caused by drilling'
Thursday, 6 November 2008
The Great Southern California ShakeOut
At 10 a.m. on November 13, join millions of people throughout Southern California in the ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history! Please register today.
The Great Southern California ShakeOut
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Prince of Wales hosts rural revival seminar at Highgrove – 28 March 2003
Three Rural Revival projects in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Cornwall, aimed at tackling the real but often hidden areas of disadvantage facing rural communities, are the focus of a Seminar hosted by The Prince of Wales at Highgrove House today: 28 March.
Prince of Wales hosts rural revival seminar at Highgrove – 28 March 2003
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
UK: without a bank account - The Poverty Site
This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social exclusion in the UK and complements our annual monitoring reports. The material is organised around 50 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.
The indicators and graphs can be viewed by age group or by subject using the menu on the left.
UK: without a bank account - The Poverty Site
Rural Communities Database
1. Click on the south west region
2. Choose Wiltshire
3. Choose a project
Rural Communities Database
Monday, 3 November 2008
Inside a DR Congo refugee camp
The UN says it has credible reports that some camps sheltering 50,000 displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been destroyed.
Aid groups say they are struggling to reach an estimated 250,000 people in the region fleeing fierce fighting between government and rebel forces.
These images show displaced people in a camp in Kibati, in the east of the country.
BBC NEWS World Africa Inside a DR Congo refugee camp
Agroforestry
Agroforestry is the deliberate incorporation of trees and other woody species of plants into other types of agricultural activities. By definition the use of woody species must result in the enhancement of either the biological productivity or the economic return of the system, or both. There are many types of agroforestry, which are usually defined by what type of agricultural activity is involved, but this can be a very broad definition and includes what we normally think of as agriculture (agroforestry), but also other combinations such as livestock production (sylvo-pastoral agroforestry) and even aquaculture (sylvo-aqua agroforestry). Even more complicated versions are possible such as agricultural systems that incorporate livestock, trees and aquaculture (sylvo-pastoral-aqua agroforestry).
EarthPortal » Archive » EIF Week 78 - Agroforestry
Our plans: ParkCams - London 2012
These are the latest webcam images taken of the Olympic Park site by our six ParkCams. The ParkCams will be showing progress taking place on the Park and will record images throughout the day and night
Our plans: ParkCams - London 2012
Homeward Bound - East European Migrants
We've all heard of the Lithuanian cleaners, Polish builders and Portuguese fruit pickers who came over to fill vacancies when the economy was booming.
Now that it looks like we're heading into a recession, some of them are packing up and heading home.
BBC Radio Five Live - 5 live Breakfast
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