Monthly Archives: August 2009

UNCCD Alert (M. MONTOIRO / IISD)

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

Read at : UNCCD Alert Marcos Montoiro <MMontoiro@unccd.int> Land Degradation Announcement List <land-l@lists.iisd.ca> UNCCD Alert (6 new items) Bonn, 14 August 2009 COP9 Documents New official reports and documents for the ninth session of the COP have been uploaded onto … Continue reading →

Posted in CST, Desertification, UNCCD

Food Vs Fuel : Implications for Water Resources (AMRWG)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

On the occasion of 60th International Executive Council (IEC) and 5th Asian Regional Conference (ARC) during 6-11 December 2009 in New Delhi, India, the American Regional Working Group (AMRWG) is planning to organize a workshop titled “Food Vs Fuel : … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, Water

Making a living from livestock in Kenya’s arid northwest (AfricaFiles / IRIN)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

AfricaFiles Title: Pastoralism under threat Author: IRIN, Nairobi Category: Kenya Date: 8/16/2009 Source: IRIN/Plus News Source Website: www.irinnews.org <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.irinnews.org> African Charter Article# 5: Everyone shall have the right to dignity and legal status; all forms of exploitation, slavery, and torture … Continue reading →

Posted in Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Mothers are doing it for themselves (AfricaFiles / IRIN)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

AfricaFiles Title: Swaziland: Mothers do it themselves Author: IRIN, Mbabane Category: Gender Date: 7/29/2009 Source: IRIN News Source Website: www.irinnews.org/ <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.irinnews.org/> African Charter Article# 17: Every individual shall have the right to education, cultural life, and the promotion and protection … Continue reading →

Posted in gender, rural development, Social dimensions, standards of living

How to make Iraq “Greener” ? (J. QUISPE)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

Please read this interesting mail : Iraqi Engineers in Portland to learn to make Iraq “Greener” ” My name is Jesus Quispe and I represent the Michael Scott Mater Foundation.  I read an article you wrote about desertification and poverty … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Technologies

Burkina Faso: Field Report (MCA) – (T. SIMEONE / CGD)

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

Read at : CGD : Center for Global Development (mail from T. SIMEONE) http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/mcamonitor/fieldreports/burkinafaso Burkina Faso: Field Report Rebecca Schutte1 July 20092 In July 2005, Burkina Faso became the first country to sign a threshold program with the Millennium Challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, education, financial aspects, gender, land / land degradation, land tenure, Social dimensions

Recycling plastic leads to development (AfricaFiles / A24 Media)

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

AfricaFiles AfricaFiles :: Website: www.africafiles.org :: E-mail: info@africafiles.org A network of volunteers relaying African perspectives and alternative analyses to promote justice and human rights. AFRICA INFOSERV Information and analytical articles from alternative sources AT ISSUE EZINE: Current hot topics, post … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology - environment, pollution, recycling

No more plastic bags (Ecotrendbags / Willem)

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

The Earth has been facing immense pollution from our garbage and consumption. The latest deadly pollution is plastic bags that fill up the landfills. With plastic bags becoming a growing concern, cotton bag has become the new way to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology - environment, pollution, recycling

JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY www.academicjournals.org/JHF Introducing ‘‘JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY” The JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY (JHF) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published that will be monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/JHF). JHF is dedicated to increasing the depth … Continue reading →

Posted in books/publications

Peruvian project becomes first commercial native reforestation to receive validation under VCS (SFM-BAM / IISD)

Posted on August 9, 2009 by

Read at : SFM BAM <sfmbam@sfmbam.com> Forest Policy Info Mailing List <forests-l@lists.iisd.ca> Peruvian project becomes first commercial native reforestation to receive validation under VCS Lima and Washington DC. The Campo Verde project in Peru became the first commercial reforestation endeavor … Continue reading →

Posted in reforestation