Monthly Archives: June 2011

About drought and desertification (Google / Chieftain)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.chieftain.com/life/local/overthinking-about-drought-helps-nothing/article_8cc62b1e-9ec9-11e0-a8f0-001cc4c03286.html Overthinking about drought helps nothing  

Posted in Desertification, drought

Northern Kenya is currently suffering from a drought that is devastating the area’s livestock (Google / Care2)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.care2.com/causes/how-the-green-belt-movement-in-kenya-fights-climate-change.html   How the Green Belt Movement In Kenya Fights Climate Change by Gina-Marie Cheeseman A few nights ago I couldn’t sleep, so I watched the BBC news broadcast on BBC America. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, livestock

Desertification is on the rise in Pakistan (Google / Population Matters)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification Pakistan: Experts warn of desertification Desertification is on the rise in Pakistan due to growing a population that is putting immense pressure on cultivatable lands, resulting in lessening the fertility of the soil … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Pakistan : massive chopping of trees adding to desertification and land degradation (Google / The Nation)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/26-Jun-2011/Of-heat-humidity-and-chopped-trees Of heat, humidity and chopped trees By: Aamer Waqas LAHORE – One is certain that previous Aprils and Junes were not as harsh as this year’s, and it is equally true that … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation, Desertification, land / land degradation

Serious efforts to right the ecological situation in Darfur as a key driver for peace (Google / Next)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/5721368-184/story.csp Water for peace in Darfur By Ibrahim Gambari From the air, Darfur appears to be a desert. In rural Darfur, residents use about eight to 12 litres of water each day for … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drinking water, drought, Water

FAO project entails planting Acacia trees in nations with arid climates (Google / About my planet)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/un-project-hopes-to-limit-impact-of-desertification/ UN Project Hopes To Limit Impact Of Desertification BY VeganVerve Desertification is a growing problem globally and is becoming a greater concern due to the added factor of global warming. Desertification is … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Desertification

Bangladesh : Because no crops grow here for lack of water, many people are moving to other districts (Google / Cathnews India)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/06/23/caritas-helps-to-hold-back-the-desert/ Caritas helps to hold back the desert Vast tracts of northwest Bangladesh are in danger of turning into desert after withering bouts of prolonged, severe drought. As many as 100,000 hectares of … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought

Rehabilitating degraded land by fencing with prickly pear cactus and reseeding with grass mixtures – (Stephen MUREITHI, Univ. of Nairobi / Elizabeth MEYERHOFF, RAE Trust / Willem VAN COTTHEM, Univ. of Ghent)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Please check our new video : http://youtu.be/NemvpphmK-A Rangeland rehabilitation with Opuntia fences and grass mixtures in Kenya Research done in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya. See more at http://nyasinipesa.blogspot.com Degraded rangeland can easily be rehabilitated by fencing it with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land / land degradation, Opuntia ficus-indica

Using the biomass of abandoned areas and farms (Google / Euroalert)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=12862 According to a European project, using biomass helps to create jobs in rural areas A EU-funded research in the framework of the International Year of Forests, the LEDDRA project, points out that … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Stabilize sands at the edge of the desert with a grid of straw squares (Google / DW-World.de)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15182754,00.html Grid of straw squares turns Chinese sand to soil Straw helps grass to grow, which helps cultivate more vegetation The sand dunes in Shapotou, a town in the northwestern Chinese province of … Continue reading →

Posted in sand fixation