Monthly Archives: January 2010

Kazakhstan: Drying of Lake Balkhash (Google / BNE)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://businessneweurope.eu/story1936/Drying_of_Lake_Balkhash_threatens_southeast_Kazakhstan Drying of Lake Balkhash threatens southeast Kazakhstan Clare Nuttall in Almaty January 29, 2010 Kazakhstan is already the site of one of the world’s worst environmental catastrophes, the drying of the Aral … Continue reading →

Posted in drought

Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Development Decisions (UN – ENV/DEV)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : UN – Economic and Social Council ENV/DEV/1106 http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/envdev1106.doc.htm United Nations Headquarters to Host Meeting Aimed at Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Development Decisions, 1 February A one-day meeting will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on … Continue reading →

Posted in sustainable development

Southern China drought (Google / AFP / China Daily)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alerts – drought <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hNLwYx4VjV1UKRUnr1QwuH5ykNIQ> <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/30/content_9402662.htm> 240,000 short of water in southern China drought BEIJING — Officials warned Saturday that 240,000 people were suffering from water shortages in a mountainous region in southern China that has been … Continue reading →

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Foreign land purchases for agriculture: what impact on sustainable development? (IISD / UN DSD)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : Sustainable Development Announcement List <sd-l@lists.iisd.ca> New DSD Brief Foreign land purchases for agriculture: what impact on sustainable development? Private investors and governments have recently stepped up foreign investment in farmland in the form of purchases or long-term … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, land grab, sustainable development

Land grab : Foreign land purchases for agriculture (UN ESA/DSD)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs – Division for Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/resources/res_publperinews_ib.shtml Periodicals & Newsletters Sustainable Development Innovation Briefs Issue 7 :: May 2009 The contribution of sustainable agriculture and land management to sustainable development [pdf … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, land grab, sustainable development

World Water Day 2010: Water Quality (IISD / UN Water / FAO)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : UN Water / FAO Water Issues Announcement List <water-l@lists.iisd.ca> World Water Day 2010: Water Quality Life on earth is based on water.  And the quality of life directly depends on water quality. Healthy ecosystems are sustained by … Continue reading →

Posted in Water

KENYA: Covered for drought – livestock insurance (IBLI) pilot programme (IRIN / DW-World)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN See also : http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5157862,00.html KENYA: Covered for drought NAIROBI, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – Hundreds of pastoralists in northern Kenya will soon be better cushioned against the effects of recurrent drought thanks to a new index-based … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

BOTTLE REFORESTATION – a new method to combat desertification (Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

BOTTLE REFORESTATION – a new method to combat desertification PART 1 : From cutting to young tree All over the world tree nurseries use plastic bags (mostly black ones) to grow tree seedlings.  Generally speaking, these seedlings are taken to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Good Stove and Biochar Cook Stoves

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.goodstove.com/ GOOD STOVE : an initiative to mitigate climate change through adaptation This site consists of low cost efficient Good Stoves designed by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy, Founder and CEO of Geoecology Energy Organisation (GEO) for … Continue reading →

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

Biochar Potentials and Climatefarming (GoodPlanet)

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

Here is a biochar flyer distributed in Copenhagen : COP15 biochar flyer1e See also : http://www.goodplanet.org/en/

Posted in agrichar/biochar/terra preta