Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sustainable funding for higher education (Google / Modern Ghana)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.modernghana.com/news/335641/1/asantehene-calls-for-dialogue-on-funding-higher-ed.html Asantehene Calls For Dialogue On Funding Higher Education Source: Kwame Asare Boadu – Daily Graphic The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has advocated a national dialogue that will address the nagging issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, education, land / land degradation

The GGW : a vast forest belt straight across Africa to contain desertification (Google / MYsinchew)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.mysinchew.com/node/59144 Africa’s tree belt takes root in Senegal by Stephane Barbier TESSEKERE, Senegal, June 21, 2011 (AFP) – An ambitious plan to build a vast forest belt straight across Africa to contain desertification … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Green Wall

Controversy over the last month in the resource-rich Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Google / China Daily)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/21/content_12747729.htm Murders raise questions about resource (Xinhua) HOHHOT – A north China court sentenced a forklift driver to death on Tuesday for killing an ethnic herder after a dispute over pollution coming from … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Forest and land desertification (Google / EC CORDIS)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=0130b23a9c41:9898:1b2f5cd6&RCN=33533 Europeans offer solutions to beat forest and land desertification FP7 News EU-funded researchers are on a quest to fight desertification in dry forests and agricultural lands that dot the Mediterranean region and … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation, Desertification, land / land degradation

Forests and scrubland in drylands provide the backbone of arid ecosystems (Google / UN Multimedia)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2011/06/forests-central-to-combating-desertification/ Forests central to combating desertification Posted by Charles Appel Forests are central to combating desertification, according to the UN United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Speaking on World Day to Combat Desertification, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Forestry

Desertification is one of Egypt’s greatest environmental threats (Google / Green Prophet)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/06/egypts-desert-famine/ Egypt Could Be On The Brink Of Famine Tafline Laylin Egypt’s fertile lands fed the Pharoahs, but a new report throws into doubt whether it can feed today’s 85 million strong population. … Continue reading →

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

Forests Keep Drylands Working in Ghana (Google / Ghana News Agency)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Economics/CIDA-World-Bank-vote-17-million-to-combat-desertification-in-Ghana/?ci=3&ai=30152 CIDA, World Bank vote million to combat desertification in Ghana Wechiau, (U/W), June 19, GNA – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the World Bank have voted million to assist Ghana … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Forestry

Keyhole Gardens African Style (You Tube / Send a Cow / Michael J King)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

VIDEO seen at : http://youtu.be/ykCXfjzfaco Keyhole Garden – How to make an African style raised bed Keyhole Gardens are a great garden to make – here is one being built in Uganda. This organic technique is part of Send a … Continue reading →

Posted in drylands, Gardening / Horticulture, raised bed gardening

Degraded Rangeland Rehabilitation by fencing it with the prickly pear cactus and reseeding with grass seed mixtures (Stephen MUREITH, Univ. of Nairobi / Elizabeth MEYERHOFF, RAE Trust, and Willem VAN COTTHEM, Univ. of Ghent)

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

Research done in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya. See more at http://nyasinipesa.blogspot.com Background Land in the Njemps Flats in the Lake Baringo Basin in Kenya is legally community owned. Uncontrolled utilization, overgrazing and mismanagement have precipitated in decades a ‘tragedy … Continue reading →

Posted in fodder, grassland / rangeland, livestock, Opuntia ficus-indica, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, Prosopis juliflora

Prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) for living fences and livestock feed in the drylands (Stephen MUREITHI / Willem VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

When visiting the Facebook account of the Rehabilitation of Arid Environments (RAE) Trust (http://nyasinipesa.blogspot.com/), I noticed a nice photo in which the prickly pear cactus was used as a living fence: Stephen Mureithi sent me a series of photos and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, fertilizer - nutrients, Gardening / Horticulture, Opuntia ficus-indica, Plant species