Monthly Archives: December 2009

Angola : Population work towards desertification fighting (Angola Press)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : ANGOP http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/economia/2009/11/51/Population-work-towards-desertification-fighting-highlighted,2ac4967e-400d-417f-8485-db11c6bfc8ad.html Population work towards desertification fighting highlighted Kuito – The work developed by the population in the fight against desertification in the Central Bié Province was highlighted by the head of the Institute of Forests Development … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, reforestation

Desertification : Turning Dunes Into Architecture (Earth&Industry)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : Earth & Industry http://earthandindustry.com/2009/12/fighting-desertification-by-turning-dunes-into-architcture/ Fighting Desertification by Turning Dunes Into Architecture by Timothy B. Hurst in Building & Architecture, Concept & Design. Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold idea to address the drought and desertification problem … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, sand fixation

Ghana : restoration of degraded lands (Ghana News Agency)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : Ghana News Agency http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_science/r_10617/ Communities in Upper West to restore degraded lands December 17, 2009 WA, Dec. 17, GNA – Thirty communities in the Upper West Region which are beneficiaries of the Ghana Environmental Management Project (GEMP) … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land / land degradation

Nigeria : desertification, drought, gully erosion, flooding (NGO News Africa / Afrique en Ligne)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Read at : NGO News Africa Nigeria counts losses from climate change Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST As the world meets to find ways of mitigating the impact of climate change, Nigeria, like other African nations which are … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, drought, erosion, floods

A phrase like a Christmas Carol (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on December 19, 2009 by

Please read my former posting on : COTE D’IVOIRE: Malnutrition “critical” in north and west published by IRIN, humanitarian news and analysis, a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. I found it quite painful to … Continue reading →

Posted in family gardens, FAO, malnutrition, poverty, public health, UNICEF, WFP

COTE D’IVOIRE: Malnutrition “critical” in north and west (IRIN)

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

Read at : IRIN humanitarian news and analysis a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs COTE D’IVOIRE: Malnutrition “critical” in north and west MAN, 18 December 2009 (IRIN) – Fewer children suffer acute malnutrition in … Continue reading →

Posted in malnutrition

KENYA: Food security warning after rains fail (IRIN)

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

Read at : IRIN humanitarian news and analysis a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs KENYA: Food security warning after rains fail NAIROBI, 17 December 2009 (IRIN) – Food insecurity in parts of northern Kenya … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, food / food security, rain

GHANA: CCFC provides water (NGO News Africa)

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

Read at : NGO NEWS AFRICA GHANA: CCFC provides water for Savelugu/Nanton communities Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:57 PM PST An international non-governmental organization (NGO), has constructed over 30 hand dug wells in 65 Communities in the Savelugu/Nanton District to … Continue reading →

Posted in drinking water, sanitation, Water

CHAD: Malnutrition in east persists into harvest season (IRIN)

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Read at : IRIN humanitarian news and analysis a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs CHAD: Malnutrition in east persists into harvest season ABÉCHÉ, 16 December 2009 (IRIN) – Well into the harvest season, severe … Continue reading →

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

MALI: Missing egg in food security basket (IRIN)

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Read at : IRIN humanitarian news and analysis a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs MALI: Missing egg in food security basket BAMAKO, 17 December 2009 (IRIN) – Mali had some 30 million chickens, ducks, … Continue reading →

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