Monthly Archives: October 2011

Desertification and the Pacific (Google / SPREP-PROE)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.sprep.org/article/news_detail.asp?id=1016 The Pacific at the UN Conference on Desertification While many of you may wonder why the Pacific is a part of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, given we don’t have any deserts in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

UNCCD-COP 10 : a lot of innovation both in the actions proposed and the way parties interact among themselves (Google / UNEP)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2656&ArticleID=8915 Desertification Convention breaks new ground “This session will be remembered as the session that has brought a lot of innovation both in the actions proposed and the way parties interact among themselves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, UNCCD, UNEP

Stop leasing and selling out land to transnational corporations (Google / Afronline)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.afronline.org/?p=20243 Civil Society Groups Call for Action to Curb Land Grabbing Civil society organisations are calling on governments in developing countries to stop leasing and selling out land to transnational corporations because it leads to land degradation … Continue reading →

Posted in land grab

Nature and environment of Ulaanbaatar (Google / MAD Mongolia)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/scholars-discuss-nature-and-environment-of-ulaanbaatar-7278/ Scholars discuss nature and environment of Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar Nature Protection Office and the Ecology Technology Development School are jointly organizing a research conference on Wednesday. A.P.Saveliev, director of the Hunting Institute of … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Ecology - environment

The proposed Indus River Diamer-Bhasha dam and Pakistan (Google / Dawn.com)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/27/diamer-bhasha-dam-a-perspective.html Diamer-Bhasha dam: a perspective I AM an architect and university teacher/researcher. I am writing as a former member of a fact-finding mission on the proposed Indus River Diamer-Bhasha Dam at Chilas in … Continue reading →

Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks

Decline of African wetlands (Google / Afrique en ligne)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.afriquejet.com/african-wetlands-2011102625990.html African Union worried about decline of African wetlands The African Union (AU) Commission on Tuesday expressed concern about the decline of African wetlands. Speaking in Addis Ababa at a meeting as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, drought

Feeding the world with products ranging from vitamin-rich leaves to fruits and roots (Google / UN News Centre)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40202&Cr=&Cr1= Forests can feed world’s hungry and over-exploitation for timber must be curbed – UN Millions of people depend on forests Forests can play an even greater role in feeding the world with … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, Forestry, hunger / famine, nutrition

Overpopulation and the ravages of global warming, desertification, and dwindling food shortages (Google / FP / Turtle Bay)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/26/seven_billion_people_and_shrinking Seven billion people and shrinking? Posted By Colum Lynch Sometime around Halloween, the United Nations will celebrate the birth of the world’s 7th billion baby. As U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders in New … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, food / food security, hunger / famine, population, Social dimensions

Drought, salinization, citrus production (Google / Fresh Plaza)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=88146 Castelló Spain: Soil salinization decreases citrus production Sensitive crops such as citrus could be reduced by up to 30% compared to soils without this problem. Experts of the Research Center on Desertification  … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, salinity

Major strategies in Cameroon’s action plan to combat desertification (Google / allAfrica / Cameroun Tribune)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/201110260349.html Cameroon: Climate Change – Bold Efforts to Challenge the Advancing Desert George Mbella – 25 October 2011 Reforestation, improved firewood stoves and sensitisation are major strategies in Cameroon’s action plan to combat … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, energy/bioenergy/biofuels, reforestation, wood stoves