Category Archives: landcare

Range rehabilitation in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

A new version of an article posted in June 2011. Range rehabilitation using reseeded enclosures in Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya   Text and photos by Stephen MUREITHI (Univ. of Nairobi, Kenya) Editing by Willem VAN COTTHEM (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium) … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, biodiversity, Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, Forestry, grassland / rangeland, invasive species, land / land degradation, land management, landcare, Opuntia elatior, Prosopis juliflora

Land Use/Cover Change and Desertification (Google / Economics Papers)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.economics-papers.com/a-synthetical-study-on-land-usecover-change-and-desertification-in-arid-and-semiarid-region.html A Synthetical Study on Land Use/Cover Change and Desertification in Arid and Semiarid Region Abstract】 It is characterized by exiguous vegetation, weak resistance and fragility ecosystem in arid and semiarid region, minor … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land / land degradation, landcare

Once barren parts of Africa’s dry Sahel Region are now green and thriving thanks to local efforts (allAfrica / IPS)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Read at : http://allafrica.com/stories/201110180012.html West Africa: Looking to the Sahel for Lessons in Pushing Back Deserts Stephen Leahy – 17 October 2011 Changwon — Nearly all our food comes from the Earth’s limited food-producing lands, but those lands continue to … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, drylands, food / food security, land / land degradation, land management, landcare

Restoring degraded lands is crucial to addressing some global challenges (poverty, food security, biodiversity) – (UN News)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

SPEAKERS AT UN CONFERENCE STRESS REVERSING DESERTIFICATION TO COMBAT POVERTY New York, Oct 17 2011  7:05PM Key speakers at the United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on combating desertification today stressed that restoring degraded lands is crucial to … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Desertification, drought, food / food security, land / land degradation, landcare, poverty

The landcare approach (Google / UN News Centre)

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40041&Cr=desertification&Cr1=%3ESee UN meeting on desertification discusses effective approach to land management Experts attending a United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on reversing desertification today focused their attention on the “landcare approach” … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, landcare

Challenges and successes witnessed in the landcare approach (UN News)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

UN MEETING ON DESERTIFICATION DISCUSSES EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO LAND MANAGEMENT New York, Oct 13 2011  4:05PM Experts attending a United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on reversing desertification today focused their attention on the “landcare approach” to sustainable … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, land / land degradation, landcare