Monthly Archives: November 2011

Destruction of trees in Zimbabwe (Google / The Standard)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.thestandard.co.zw/component/content/article/67-environment/32841-stop-the-wanton-destruction-of-trees.html Stop the wanton destruction of trees Imagine travelling past grassy stretches of bare land, with no trees in sight, save for a eucalyptus tree here and there!  As near impossible as it … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation, Desertification

African Agriculture – 24 new articles

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Read at : African Agriculture – 24 new articles http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/ http://www.africanagricultureblog.com/ Ugandan farmers stuck with oranges; promised processing factory still to materialize Libya seeks help to rebuild agricultural research Mozambique agriculture still mostly for subsistence Mauritania receives US$17.9 million agriculture … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture

NEW UN SATELLITE SURVEY OF FORESTS CHARTS EXTENT OF GLOBAL DEFORESTATION

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

New York, Nov 30 2011  1:05PM The rate of global deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, averaged 14.5 million hectares a year between 1990 and 2005, according to a satellite-based survey <”http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/95180/icode/”>released today by the United … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation

Advanced biofuels that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuels (Science Daily)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111129123307.htm E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Eat Switchgrass and Make Transportation Fuels ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2011) — A milestone has been reached on the road to developing advanced biofuels that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuels … Continue reading →

Posted in energy/bioenergy/biofuels

The popular African wild vegetable eru (Gnetum) – (WorldWatch)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Read at : http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/eru-growing-popularity-of-cameroon%E2%80%99s-nutritious-wild-vine/ Eru: Growing Popularity of Cameroon’s Nutritious Wild Vine By Matt Styslinger Until a few decades ago, the now popular African wild vegetable eru—the common name used for two very similar vines of the species Gnetum africanum … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

The UNCCD (Google / NCSD Network)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.ncsdnetwork.org/how-to-think-about-the-convention-to-combat-desertification/ How To Think About The Convention to Combat Desertification On a global scale, there is deepening confirmation that the climate is changing, and that word-wide climate change is a factor that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, UNCCD

Simple technique to grow seedlings in the drylands or in drought-affected regions (Willem VAN COTTHEM / Tine DAU)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Read at : http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/recycle-a-plastic-bottle-into-a-very-simple-mini-greenhouse-for-seedling-growth-willem-van-cotthem-tine-dau/ Recycle a plastic bottle into a very simple mini-greenhouse for seedling growth (Willem Van Cotthem / Tine DAU) It is extremely easy to transform (recycle) a plastic bottle into a mini-greenhouse. Here are Tine DAU’s photos showing … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands

By the year 2020, some 40 million Africans will be depending exclusively on food grown in cities (Google / MNN)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – vertical gardening http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/the-constant-gardeners The constant gardeners Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. By OnEarth magazine GREEN SLUM: Mohamed Abdullahi inspects corn at an organic … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, city gardening, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, sack gardening, urban agriculture/farming

Great Green Wall : Food production and shifting lifestyles, impact on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists (Google / IRIN News)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desert gardening http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94322 SENEGAL: Prospects and pitfalls along a Great Green Wall MBAR TOUBAB, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) – Former goat-herder Samba Ba proudly points to a row of metre-high acacia trees growing amid … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, food / food security, Green Wall, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

New ideas for reclaiming ecosystem services and combating desertification (Google / Jerusalem Post)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.jpost.com/GreenIsrael/PEOPLEANDTHEENVIRONMENT/Article.aspx?id=247261 Afforestation in Israel By KKL-JNF STAFF an ancient land with new ideas for reclaiming ecosystem services and combating desertification Humans have lived in all regions of Israel, including the semi-arid and arid … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Ecology - environment, ecosystems