Monthly Archives: November 2009

Food aid in refugee camps : motivation through family gardens (Taleb BRAHIM)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Engineer Taleb BRAHIM is the coordinator of the construction of family gardens in the refugee camps of the Saharawis in the Tindouf area (S.W. Algeria).  His short note of Oct. 8, 2009 sounds very encouraging : “For more than two … Continue reading →

Posted in family gardens, food / food security, Forestry, hunger / famine, malnutrition

Sustainable Forest Management: Biodiversity and Livelihoods (IUCN / CBD / IISD)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Read at :  Forest Policy Info Mailing List <forests-l@lists.iisd.ca> New IUCN/CBD good practice guide on Sustainable Forest Management: Biodiversity and Livelihoods We are pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and IUCN (International … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Forestry

Sharing the benefits around large dams in West Africa (IIED / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Read at : Water Issues Announcement List <water-l@lists.iisd.ca> New Report from IIED: The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is pleased to announce the publication of a new report: Sharing the benefits around large dams in West Africa Major … Continue reading →

Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks, hydrology, irrigation, Water

Waterleau (not Waterloo)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Please have a look at the message of Waterleau :

Posted in Technologies, Water

Lifestyle changes good for health and reducing global warming

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Read at : IRIN Good for health and reducing global warming JOHANNESBURG, 27 November 2009 (IRIN) – Eat less meat, have smaller herds of animals, switch to more efficient stoves that pollute less, and develop more sustainable public transport systems … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, energy/bioenergy/biofuels, wood stoves

Microbial community structuring in sandy sediments (2009/12/14 – Univ. Liège)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Read at : University of Liège (Belgium) 2009/12/14/  11hrs: Microbial community structuring in sandy sediments You are welcome to attend this talk on the use of pyrosequencing to describe microbial communities. Thanks for transmitting the information to potentially interested colleagues. … Continue reading →

Posted in Media - Press, Research / science

Invasive vegetables? Could they create problems ? (Adam STUART / Patrick HARRY / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

Since 2007 we are collecting seeds of tropical fruits and the classical vegetables in order to offer them for free to development projects on different continents.  This initiative soon became a huge success, many “sponsors of seeds” understanding that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Desertification by erosion : no more talking, but action (Marc PILLE / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

My good friend Marc PILLE (Belgium) is setting up a number of development projects in countries in the Sahel, e.g. in Mali.  He promised me reports and pictures on these nice initiatives.  Here are some photos confirming that erosion is … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, Desertification, Ecology - environment, erosion, land / land degradation

Five Reasons Why We Can Defeat Hunger (WFP)

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

Read at : http://www.wfp.org/stories/five-reasons-why-we-can-defeat-hunger?msource=NEWS&tr=y&auid=5628996 Five Reasons Why We Can Defeat Hunger The world is better positioned than ever before to fight and defeat global hunger, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran told delegates at the World Food Summit in Rome, citing … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, WFP

MEA Bulletin – Issue No. 81 (ENB / IISD)

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

Read at : MEA Bulletin – Issue No. 81 IISD RS is pleased to announce that the newest issue of MEA Bulletin is now available. The guest article, titled “The Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Water Convention ushers … Continue reading →

Posted in MEA