Monthly Archives: February 2011

OFID projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Niger and Sierra Leone (Google / African Business Review)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/tags/environment/ofid-targets-sustainable-development-five-african-countries OFID targets sustainable development in five African countries OPEC Fund for International Development to invest in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Niger and Sierra Leone The OPEC Fund for International Development has … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, sustainable development

A plethora of some 500 conventions, which paradoxically has hindered saving the planet (Google / AFP)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqY9wCQfC7b772XvNrR_4p7GZfkA?docId=CNG.a54a38e5a43cd86b74472550c0653223.aa1 Too many conventions hurting environment: experts (AFP) NAIROBI — Growing environmental awareness over the past two decades has resulted in the adoption of a plethora of some 500 conventions, which paradoxically has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, Ecology - environment, UNCBD, UNCCD, UNEP

AQUACROP (FAO / IISD)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Read at : Water Issues Announcement List <water-l@lists.iisd.ca> AQUACROP launches new plug-in program and AQUACROP Version 3.1+ http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquacropplugin.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, FAO, food / food security, Water

The Groasis waterboxx (Groasis Newsletter / T. LALLEMAN)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

A message from Theo LALLEMAN (The Netherlands) : Fwd: Groasis Newsletter http://news.groasis.com/298/global/the-most-challenging-experiment 2011 started with a huge challenge. I went to Oman in the first week of January to do a planting experiment in the Sohar Free Zone. I walked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Technologies to stop desertification (Herman ESPINOSA)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

A message from Herman ESPINOSA (Toronto, Canada) : I was thinking about a Desertification article I saw on Internet, and was wondering if different technologies could be used to help develop/fund was needed to stop the Dessert. For example : … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Technologies

Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC) managed by the Embassy of Finland in Namibia (Google / New Era)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=37493&title=Finland%20funds%20%20research%20centre Finland funds research centre – by John Travolter Matali The Finnish Embassy in Windhoek last week signed a funding agreement to the tune of N$1.7 million for the Gobabeb Training and Research … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Research / science

India named Global Host of World Environment Day 2011 (Google / YubaNet)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://yubanet.com/world/India-named-Global-Host-of-World-Environment-Day-2011.php By: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi (Kenya), 22 February 2011 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that India, with one of the fastest growing economies in the world that … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Ecology - environment, Forestry, land / land degradation, UNEP

INTEGRATING FOOD AND ENERGY CROPS (UNNews)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Read at : UNNews INTEGRATING FOOD AND ENERGY CROPS CAN HELP REDUCE POVERTY, NEW UN STUDY FINDS New York, Feb 17 2011 10:05AM Farming systems that combine crops that can be used for food and fuel can help reduce poverty … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, energy/bioenergy/biofuels, food / food security

NCREASED AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT TO OFFSET SOARING PRICES (UNNews)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Read at : UNNews UN FOOD EXPERTS CALL FOR INCREASED AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT TO OFFSET SOARING PRICES New York, Feb 18 2011  5:05PM Faced with soaring food prices for the second time in three years, senior United Nations experts today called … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, family farming, FAO, food crisis

Partnership Meeting on the Assessment of the Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (E-DLDD) – (Google / Biodiversity Policy&Practice / IISD)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/unccd-giz-and-bmz-publish-summary-of-meeting-on-the-economics-of-desertification/ UNCCD, GIZ and BMZ Publish Summary of Meeting on the Economics of Desertification 16 February 2011: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, land / land degradation