Monthly Archives: April 2010

BIOSAND FILTER (CAWST)

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

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Posted in drinking water, water management

Jordan Desertification (Google / pdfone)

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification pdfone http://pdfone.com/ebook/jordan-desertification.html Jordan Desertification Government focal point: Ministry of Environment • Strategic planning frameworks for the protection and sustainable management of natural resources in deserts and areas affected by desertification, their integration into … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Temporal landsat TM series analysis to evaluate desertification (IOP)

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

Read at : IOP Science http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/6/29/292026 Temporal landsat TM series analysis to evaluate desertification process and its causes and effects, Piauí state, northeast of Brazil Carolina Carvalho and R Almeida-Filho Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais INPE, Observação da Terra OBT, … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Desertification – A Novel Approach (Eric DIAZ / M. LARSSON)

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.scientificblogging.com/rockwhacking_philosopher/blog/desertification_novel_approach Desertification – A Novel Approach

Posted in Desertification, Uncategorized

Fertile lands desertification continues in Azerbaijan (Goopgle / News.az)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification Intensive process of fertile lands desertification continues in Azerbaijan ‘Cattle breeding uses large areas of land used for grazing’. Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Huseyngulu Baghirov believes that the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification

Snowfall over Himalayas may spur drought in India (Google / Prokerala)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a130978.html Snowfall over Himalayas may spur drought in India Scientists have helped to explain why heavy snowfall over the Himalayas in winter and spring can lead to drought over India, especially in the … Continue reading →

Posted in drought

India : Normal rains this year, drought unlikely (Google / Hindustan Times)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Red at : Google Alert – drought http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Normal-rains-this-year-drought-unlikely-says-Met/Article1-535078.aspx Normal rains this year, drought unlikely, says Met The meteorological department predicted a normal monsoon in India on Friday, raising hopes of an upturn in the farm economy — hammered by last … Continue reading →

Posted in drought

GAMBIA: Urban centres under strain as farmers flee (IRIN)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88914 GAMBIA: Urban centres under strain as farmers flee BANJUL, 23 April 2010 (IRIN) – Cash-strapped farmers in Gambia are flocking to towns and cities because of erratic rains in 2009 and the fact that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Social dimensions

Fine mesh netting between two posts to harvest drinking water (NGO News Africa / IRIN)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Read at : NGO News Africa and IRIN Source: IRIN (http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88804) South Africa: Drinking the fog Gcinikaya Mpumza, mayor of a small municipality perched high in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa, was saddled with a huge problem: more than … Continue reading →

Posted in water conservation / harvesting

Agriculture and Rural Development (The World Bank)

Posted on April 23, 2010 by

Read at : THE WORLD BANK http://data.worldbank.org/topic/agriculture-and-rural-development Agriculture & Rural Development For the 70 percent of the world’s poor who live in rural areas, agriculture is the main source of income and employment. But depletion and degradation of land and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, rural development