Category Archives: NGO/CSO – Civil society

DECLARATION BY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

DECLARATION BY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS Participating in the tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 1.      The civil society organizations (CSOs) meeting in Changwon on the occasion of the tenth session of … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, NGO/CSO - Civil society, UNCCD

ECO NEWS LETTER of CSO Network

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Read at : CSO NETWORK TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION [ISSUE 8] Eco News Letter – Oct. 20th [ISSUE 7] Eco News Letter – Oct. 19th [ISSUE 6] Eco News Letter – Oct. 18th [ISSUE 5] Eco News Letter – Oct. 16th … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, NGO/CSO - Civil society

NGOs : civil society organisations that the U.N. and other intergovernmental organisations can operationalise (IPS)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105071 NGOs Political Outcasts at High-Level U.N. Meetings By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 12, 2011 (IPS) – A former U.N. secretary-general was once quoted as having described non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as the … Continue reading →

Posted in NGO/CSO - Civil society

NGOs: make markets work for the poor or harm local businesses (IIED)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.iied.org/sustainable-markets/blog/ngos-friend-or-foe-markets-for-poor?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duesouth+%28Due+South%3A+IIED+Blog%29 NGOs: friend or foe to markets for the poor? Submitted by Sian Lewis on Wed, 06/04/2011 – 11:25 Nongovernmental organisations can play a key role in facilitating efforts to make markets work for the poor but … Continue reading →

Posted in NGO/CSO - Civil society

Farmers United Against Poverty (NGO News Africa)

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Read at : UGANDA: Farmers United Against Poverty Farmers in the war-affected Lango sub region of northern Uganda suffered a period of chronic terror and poverty. Huge population movements and high level of insecurity affected normal agricultural production and set … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty

Nigeria: Women Environmental Programme (NGO) and the Green Wall (Google / allAfrica / Daily Trust)

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/201002180504.html Nigeria: WEP Wants Green Wall Sahara Programme An NGO, Women Environmental Programme (WEP), on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to speed up the implementation of the Green Wall Sahara (GWSP) Programme. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, Great Green Wall (GGW), NGO/CSO - Civil society

Volunteers Help Turkana’s Nomads Grapple With Drought and Illness (Humanitarian News / Merlin-USA / Reuters / Alert News)

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Read at : Humanitarian News http://humanitariannews.org/blog/20091111/volunteers-help-turkanas-nomads-grapple-drought-illness http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/merlusa/125797032396.htm Volunteers Help Turkana’s Nomads Grapple With Drought and Illness 11 Nov 2009 20:06:00 GMT Source: Merlin – USA Alex Cottin, Regional Director, Merlin USA Website: http://www.merlin-usa.org Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, food / food security, NGO/CSO - Civil society, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, public health, Research / science

Kenya : The drilling for oil begins in two weeks (AfricaFiles)

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Drilling for oil begins Author: Mwaniki Wahome Category: Kenya Date: 10/12/2009 Source: The Nation Source Website: <http://www.africafiles.org/database/&gt; African Charter Article# 21: All peoples shall freely dispose of their wealth and natural resources for their exclusive … Continue reading →

Posted in energy/bioenergy/biofuels, NGO/CSO - Civil society, Social dimensions

Small-scale farming and gardening to alleviate malnutrition, hunger and poverty (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

As the representative of the Belgian experts on desertification, I had the privilege and honour of being a member of the Belgian delegation at all the meetings of the INCD (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Desertification) and the Conferences of the … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment gardens, community gardens, CRIC, CST, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, family gardens, FAO, food / food security, food crisis, hunger / famine, IFAD, malnutrition, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, school gardens, small-space gardening, sustainable agriculture, UNCCD, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, WFP

Why aid to Africa must stop (AfricaFiles / National Post)

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

AfricaFiles Title:  Why aid to Africa must stop- Interview with Dambisa Moyo Adrian Humphreys Author:  Interview: Dambisa Moyo Adrian Humphreys Category:  Economic Justice Date:  5/30/2009 Source:  National Post Source Website:  http://www.nationalpost.com <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.nationalpost.com&gt; African Charter Article# 20: All peoples shall have … Continue reading →

Posted in NGO/CSO - Civil society