Monthly Archives: February 2009

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN SOUTH ASIA FACE GROWING WATER STRESS (UNNews / UNEP)

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

Read at : UNNews <UNNews@un.org> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN SOUTH ASIA FACE GROWING WATER STRESS, UN REPORT WARNS New York, Feb  6 2009 10:00AM Hundreds of millions of South Asians face growing water stress due to over exploitation, climate change … Continue reading →

Posted in UNEP, Water, water conservation / harvesting, water management

UN APPEALS FOR FUNDS TO FEED HUNGRY KENYANS (UNNews)

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

Read at : UNNews <UNNews@un.org> UN APPEALS FOR FUNDS TO FEED HUNGRY KENYANS New York, Feb 10 2009  6:00PM The United Nations headquarters in Kenya has kicked off a drive to collect funds to help millions of people starving in … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, food / food security, hunger / famine

SECOND CONFERENCE ON DESERTIFICATION (Ghent, Belgium)

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INFORMATION UNESCO CHAIR ON DESERTIFICATION Ghent University – Belgium SECOND CONFERENCE ON DESERTIFICATION Tuesday 24 February 2009     from 12.45 to 18.00 hrs Venue:  International Centre for Eremology (ICE) Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Blok C (auditorium first floor) Coupure … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Drought Starts To Bite In Northern Kenya (Google / JAVNO)

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Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=232162 Drought Starts To Bite In Northern Kenya The government has declared a state of emergency, saying 10 million people may face hunger and starvation. Clouds of dust rising above the harsh scrub … Continue reading →

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China resorts to artillery to fight drought (Google / AFP)-

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Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCf60wh-gyChwYM6UM1jhwOBaqmA China resorts to artillery to fight drought BEIJING (AFP) — China fired thousands of artillery shells into the sky to make it rain and prepared to divert water from its two longest … Continue reading →

Posted in cloud seeding, drought, rain, Uncategorized

China’s drought eased by irrigation (Google / The Star)

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/10/apworld/20090210132811&sec=apworld China’s drought eased by irrigation BEIJING (AP): Delivery of water to ease a severe drought that hit grain-growing areas in northern China has been successful, a vice minister of water resources said … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, irrigation, Water

SciDev.Net Weekly Update (2 – 9 February 2009)

Posted on February 9, 2009 by

Read at : “SciDev.Net” <info@scidev.net> SciDev.Net Weekly Update (2 – 9 February 2009) ………………….. Caterpillar behind Liberian crop plague identified Scientists have identified the caterpillar behind Liberia’s crop devastation, and say that getting rid of the pest is feasible. EN … Continue reading →

Posted in Research / science

China urged to rethink water monitoring (SciDev.Net)

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Read at : “SciDev.Net” <info@scidev.net> SciDev.Net Weekly Update (2 – 9 February 2009) http://www.scidev.net/en/news/china-urged-to-rethink-water-monitoring.html China urged to rethink water monitoring Lin Shujuan 3 February 2009 [BEIJING] The World Bank has urged China to adopt a technology that measures water use … Continue reading →

Posted in Water, water conservation / harvesting, water management

Desertification reversed in northern Ethiopia (SciDev.Net)

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Read at : “SciDev.Net” <info@scidev.net> SciDev.Net Weekly Update (2 – 9 February 2009) http://www.scidev.net/en/news/desertification-reversed-in-northern-ethiopia.html Desertification reversed in northern Ethiopia Katherine Nightingale 6 February 2009 Some of the most severe cases of land degradation in semi-desert areas could be reversed with … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Nice quote

Posted on February 9, 2009 by

“Confidence grows at the rate a coconut tree grows. Confidence falls at the rate a coconut falls.”

Posted in Quotes