News Kent

• New London 'Datastore' to include carbon emissions dataset, 6 January ^[1] topic

• Government advocates 'community contracts' to improve local services, 4 January 2010 ^[2] topic

• Government to publish "Civic Health" report from next year. The report will "collate in one place a wealth of national, regional and local data" so that active citizens and community groups will be able to see how their area compares to others on issues such as feelings of empowerment, levels of volunteering, and perceptions of community cohesion. 21 December ^[3] topic

References

1. ↑ www.guardian.co.uk, 6 January 2010
2. ↑ Communities and Local Governmen, 4 January 2010
3. ↑ Communities and Local Government, 21 December 2009

• Blogger Cristiana Soares, in collaboration with net-citizens, launched Projeto Enchentes [Project Floods, pt], a platform for tracking — and gathering information about – floods in Brazil. The project counts with a collaborative map created by Henrique Brandão. January 4 ^[1]

• United Nations Billion Tree Campaign reaches and overtakes its revised goal to see 7 billion trees planted around the world, one for each person on the planet, during September 2009. Some 7.4 billion trees have now been planted on every continent. Leading planting countries include the People's Republic of China, Ethiopia, Turkey, Mexico, Kenya, Cuba, and Indonesia. December 31 ^[2]

• Bolivia: deforestation rate is 20 times the global average. December 19 ^[3] topic

References

1. ↑ globalvoicesonline.org January 4, 2010
2. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme, December 31, 2009
3. ↑ Global Voices Online, December 19th, 2009