Monthly Archives: December 2009

NASA Tech Zooms in on Water and Land (Science Daily / DOE)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215141520.htm NASA Tech Zooms in on Water and Land ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2009) — In a pilot project that could help better manage the planet’s strained natural resources, space-age technologies are helping a Washington state community monitor … Continue reading →

Posted in GIS / remote sensing, land / land degradation, satellites, Technologies, Water

Stop the global land grab! (GRAIN)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : GRAIN http://www.grain.org/o/?id=87 Stop the global land grab! GRAIN statement at the joint GRAIN-La Via Campesina media briefing Rome, 16 November 2009 (see also GRAIN and Via Campesina’s invitation to a press conference) For over a year a … Continue reading →

Posted in land grab

International food system and climate crisis (GRAIN / Seedling)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : GRAIN / Seedling   http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=642 The international food system and the climate crisis “Small-scale family farming should become the cornerstone of food production again.” Today’s global food system, with all its high-tech seeds and fancy packaging, cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, family farming

Small Scale Sustainable Farmers Are Cooling Down The Earth (Via Campesina)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : http://viacampesina.net/downloads/PAPER5/EN/paper5-EN.pdf Small Scale Sustainable Farmers Are Cooling Down The Earth November 2009 Via Campesina Views

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change

Agriculture to address climate change (AfricaFiles)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Action on agriculture to address climate change Author: various Category: Africa General Date: 12/14/2009 Source: GRAIN Source Website: www.grain.org <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.grain.org> African Charter Article# 20: All peoples shall have the right to existence and self determination … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change

India : desertification in Orissa State (Maharashtra Times)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : http://connect.in.com/maharashtra-times/article-orissa-among-five-states-showing-signs-of-desertification-522722-5c0926115585a85ee94da7d457980cd749c70ef8.html Orissa among five States showing signs of desertification Staff Reporter BHUBANESWAR: Is desertification process in Orissa already on? The answer appears to be yes if one goes by the latest report of Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification

Trees as carbon banks (NPR)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120849322&ps=rs Scientists Turn Trees Into Carbon Banks by Christopher Joyce There’s an experiment going on in the redwood forests of northern California: people are trying to turn trees into “carbon banks.” The idea is to manage … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sink / trading, Climate / climate change, Desertification, Forestry

Carbon Emissions and Carbon Ranching (NPR)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121200619&ft=3&f=121200619 Scientists Help Ranchers Wrangle Carbon Emissions by Christopher Joyce As the world’s climate negotiators meet in Copenhagen to discuss how to curb global warming, some people in Marin County, Calif., may already have a partial solution. … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sink / trading, Climate / climate change, Desertification, Soil

Sequestering carbon in pasture and stopping desertification (Google / Cloverjack)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification / CLOVERJACK http://cloverjack.com/wordpress/?p=246 Sequestering carbon in pasture and stopping desertification See also : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121200619&ft=3&f=121200619 The idea of utilizing pastures to sequester carbon and remove carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere has been around for … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sink / trading, Climate / climate change, Desertification

Chad : Tackling drought and desertification (UNHCR)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : UNHCR http://www.unhcr.org/4b27b7039.html Tackling climate change in eastern Chad ABECHE, Chad, December 15 (UNHCR) – Two things that newly arrived aid workers notice pretty quickly in eastern Chad are the lack of water and the sand that seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, drought