Monthly Archives: October 2011

To break the cycle of famine (Google / allAfrica / Care2)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=25859 Hungry no more: Put an end to famine Action Requested: When Finance Ministers and Bank Governors meet at the G20 Summit in Cannes on November 3-4, they have the opportunity to break the cycle of famine. … Continue reading →

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

Half of all children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition in refugee camp (Action against Hunger)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/blog/horn-africa-food-crisis-intensifies-ethiopians-and-among-somali-refugees?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+acf-usa%2Fnews+%28Action+Against+Hunger+%7C+Updates%29 Horn of Africa: Food Crisis Intensifies for Ethiopians and Among Somali Refugees Nearly half of all children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition in refugee camp along Somalia-Ethiopia border As thousands of Somali families continue to pour … Continue reading →

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

System for engineering construction management, land resources protection and desertification prevention (Google / Economics Papers)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.economics-papers.com/?p=43154 Establishment of the Project for Wind & Sand Source Area Control Around Beijing and Tianjin County-level Information Management System Abstract】 This paper researches the establishment of the project for wind& sand source … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Technologies

The only way to curb population growth is through raising the quality of life in the poorest developing countries (Google / The Orion)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://theorion.com/opinion/article_40959bd0-ff7c-11e0-9026-001a4bcf6878.html Earth reaches 7 billion mark; planet overpopulated, strained Jake Buffenbarger The world did not end Friday, nor will 2012 bring about fire and brimstone, like so many claim it will. However, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, population

Protection of the forest and biodiversity to prevent land degradation and desertification (Google / GBN)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2011/10/25/protection-of-forests-must-be-responsibility-of-all-rupa/ Protection of forests must be responsibility of all – RUPA Rural Urban Partnership for Africa (RUPA), a Non-Governmental Organization, has said the protection of the forest and biodiversity must be the responsibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Forestry, land / land degradation

Political will must be enhanced so that this sensitization has an impact on policies (Google / Afrique en Ligne)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.afriquejet.com/africa-climat-change-2011102525877.html Africa: Desertification affects 70 per cent of economic activity in Africa he phenomenon of desertification affects 70% of economic activity in Africa, the African Union (AU) chairperson, Jean Ping,  said on day … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Social dimensions

New satellite scheme makes first payments to pastoralists (Google / ILRI Clippings / CIAT)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa drought http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/new-satellite-based-insurance-scheme-makes-first-payments-to-drought-hit-pastoralists-in-the-horn/ New satellite-based insurance scheme makes first payments to drought-hit pastoralists in the Horn Posted by Susan MacMillan ‘What hits you when you get out of the truck at Ginda … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, food / food security, livestock, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Solutions to combat desertification (Google / Pashtun Forums)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.pashtunforums.com/development-38/desertification-possible-solutions-21826/index2.html Desertification and possible solutions The Turpan water system or Turfan water system (locally called karez water system, Uyghur: كارىز‎, ULY: kariz) in Turpan, located in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China, is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, irrigation

Growing a flourishing garden……..in sand (Google / GreenAnswers)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://greenanswers.com/news/264111/save-earth-green-sand Save the Earth: Green The Sand When I met my WWOOF[1]host Alexis Torres in 2008, he was living on a South American island and growing a flourishing garden……..in sand. Today at age … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, land management

Strengthening Science to Address Land Degradation (Google / allAfrica)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/201110241911.html Public Agenda (Accra) Ghana: Progress in Strengthening Science to Address Land Degradation The UNCCD Convention shows leadership among the Environmental Conventions in monitoring and assessing its performance and impact In the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land / land degradation, Research / science