Category Archives: nurseries

Plastic bottles for reforestation (Gamrupa / L. Ormel / W. Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

The use of plastic bottles for reforestation : http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/plastic-bottles-for-growing-and-planting-saplings-drawings-by-liesbeth-ormel-captions-by-willem-van-cotthem/ Plastic bottles for growing and planting saplings (Drawings by Liesbeth ORMEL / Captions by Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Forestry, nurseries, reforestation

Bottles for growing saplings in dryland nurseries (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Proudly presenting my new video : BOTTLES FOR SAPLINGS IN A DESERT NURSERY Instead of the classical black nursery bags, one can recycle the often discarded plastic bottles to grow saplings in a nursery. This technique has a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Forestry, nurseries

Success with bottle gardening in Tindouf nursery (UNICEF / WFP / UNHCR / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

From October 2005 till December 2007, UNICEF ALGERIA booked a lot of successes with its project “Family gardens in the Saharawis refugee camps” in the region of Tindouf (S.W. Algeria).  The main objective of this project was to offer to … Continue reading →

Posted in bottle reforestation, Forestry, nurseries, refugees, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP

“Fanta”-stic growth of spekboom in FANTA-bottle (Martine DAUBREMé)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Read at : A message of Martine DAUBREME : www.planetfuture.org “I am growing a cutting of the spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in a FANTA-bottle, of which the top serves as a container for some potting soil, the bottom as a water … Continue reading →

Posted in bottle reforestation, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, Forestry, nurseries

Gobi Greenhouse Tree Project (Global Innovation Commons)

Posted on July 25, 2010 by

Read at : http://www.globalinnovationcommons.org/blog/index.php/g-i-c-challenge-gobi-greenhouse-tree-project/ An open call for collaborators in any sector to help bring a solution to life. G.I.C. CHALLENGE: MONGOLIA: Gobi Greenhouse Tree Project Building an appropriate greenhouse that can weather the harsh climate and extend the growing … Continue reading →

Posted in Forestry, nurseries

No Green Wall without small-scale gardens for women (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

My attention was caught by some statements in Mrs. Priscilla ACHAKPA’s interview, referred to a former posting on my desertification blog: Nigeria: WEP Wants Green Wall Sahara Programme (http://allafrica.com/stories/201002180504.html) This Executive Director of the Women Environment Programme (WEP) urged the … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Agriculture, Climate / climate change, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, family farming, food / food security, Food for Work, gender, Green Wall, hunger / famine, nurseries, reforestation, Social dimensions, UNCCD, women/youth and desertification

Stone fruit in waggon wheel plantations and circular spirals in Mongolia or in other drylands (M. HOOGESTEGER / W. VAN COTTHEM)

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

On 09-09-2009 00:26, “Maarten Hoogesteger” wrote: Willem, Thank you, wonderful idea. ………………….. The fruit trees I am very familiar with are stone fruit (nectarines, peaches and plumbs). They are hardy, deciduous (loose their leaves in winter), grow in poor soils … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Desertification, drought, Forestry, nurseries, reforestation, water conservation / harvesting

Good Nursery Practices (ICRAF / CGIAR / IISD)

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

Read at : “Kimwaki, Jacinta (ICRAF)” <j.kimwaki@cgiar.org> http://www.worldagroforestry.org Forest Policy Info Mailing List <forests-l@lists.iisd.ca> Good Nursery Practices – New guide from the World Agroforestry Centre A new guide on good nursery practices has been published by the World Agroforestry Centre. … Continue reading →

Posted in CGIAR, nurseries

Nigeria to kick off Green Wall Sahara project soon (Google / APA-Agence Presse Africaine)

Posted on December 19, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article83118 16-12-2008 Nigeria to kick off Green Wall Sahara project soon APA – Lagos (Nigeria) Nigeria has signed a MoU with the Hagen and Co. Engineering of Germany to ensure a smooth take-off … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, Green Wall, nurseries, reforestation

Agroforestry project in Akkar (Lebanon)

Posted on October 4, 2008 by

In August 2008, it was mentioned on this blog that “the Lebanese Makhzoumi Foundation, the Greek NGOs INARE and KEDE and the former Belgian NGO TC-Dialogue Foundation have set up in 2001 an interesting agro-forestry project in Northern Lebanon with … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, agroforestry, Desertification, drought, nurseries, reforestation