Monthly Archives: April 2009

Australia : Long-term personal drought solutions (Google / Bookcost)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.bookcost.net/environmental/australia-seeks-long-term-personal-drought-solutions-grey-water-purification-and-reuse-can-ease-water-stress/ Australia Seeks Long-term Personal Drought Solutions. Grey Water Purification and Reuse Can Ease Water Stress Australia is facing unprecedented water stress, with the worst drought in 100 years drying out the nation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, water management

Massive Drought Leads To Indian Farmer Suicides (Google / Workers Independent News)

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Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.laborradio.org/node/10935 Massive Drought Leads To Indian Farmer Suicides – 04/17/09 Suicide rates for debt ridden Indian farmers are sky rocketing. Jesse Russell reports: More than 1500 farmers in India have committed suicide over … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought

Drought in West Africa repeats and may get worse (Google / AP)

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Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZH5dLsa1v9rgxi6xMIadRDa7SKQD97JN4DG0 Drought in West Africa repeats and may get worse By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID WASHINGTON (AP) — West Africa is already living on the edge, and new research indicates that even worse droughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought

Catastrophic droughts in Africa are the norm, claim scientists (Google / Kingdowngeoblog)

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Read at = Google Alert – drought http://kingdowngeogblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/catastrophic-droughts-in-africa-are.html Catastrophic droughts in Africa are the norm, claim scientists Researchers believe the drought that struck parts of Northern Africa in the 1970s and 1980s, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions more, … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought

Droughts and megadroughts in Africa (Google / KrishSpeaks)

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Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://krishspeak.blogspot.com/2009/04/droughts-and-megadroughts-in-africa.html Droughts and megadroughts in Africa (picture) The image above shows Lake Chad in a 2001 satellite image, showing the actual lake in blue. The lake is now only 5% of its area … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought

Artists to sing for water and life (Google / china.org.cn)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.china.org.cn/environment/news/2009-04/17/content_17626654.htm Artists to sing for water and life A concert to promote water preservation and environment protection will be held on the bank of the Yellow River in Guide County of northwest Qinghai … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, World Day Desertification

Family gardens to solve the hunger problem

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Looking for the simplest, but most effective method to solve the hunger problem in the drylands ?  Offer a small family garden to every hungry family at almost no costs.  You only need a  fence, some simple tools, a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, sustainable agriculture

New Version of Global Water Tool (WBCSD)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

New Version of Global Water Tool Out Now! The WBCSD has updated its Global Water Tool with more recent water datasets, due to its successful uptake since its launch in August 2007, as well as the increasing media attention around … Continue reading →

Posted in Water

id21News April 2009

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

id21News Research findings for development policy and practice You can subscribe to this bulletin through the id21 website, or send a blank email to lyris@lyris.idsac.uk with the subject: “Subscribe id21-news” followed by your name. To unsubscribe from this bulletin, please … Continue reading →

Posted in Research / science

BELGIUM TO DONATE $7 MILLION TO UN AGENCY TO AID POOR AFRICAN FARMERS (UNNews)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

Read at : UNNews BELGIUM TO DONATE $7 MILLION TO UN AGENCY TO AID POOR AFRICAN FARMERS New York, Apr 15 2009  2:00PM Poor farmers in four African countries are set to receive $6.6 million in emergency assistance funding from … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, FAO, poverty