Category Archives: local (indigenous) knowledge

Food safety, the environment and desertification in China (Google Alert / Chinalyst / China Dialogue)

Posted on August 18, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification Chinalyst http://www.chinalyst.net/node/20305 Securing our food — and our future Submitted by panamajack on Thu, 2007-08-16 16:08. :: This article was aggregated from China Dialogue Food safety is being discussed across China. With concerns … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, conservation, Desertification, Ecology - environment, food / food security, local (indigenous) knowledge, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, poverty, public health, rural development, Social dimensions | Leave a comment

Family gardens, school gardens, roofs, balconies and windowsills for the hungry (Willem / About: Gardening)

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

Today, I received the new “About : Gardening” with interesting contributions of Marie IANNOTTI. My attention was immediately drawn to a message entitled “Plant A Row for the Hungry” (PAR). Indeed, I have been spending the major part of my … Continue reading →

Posted in capacity building, cities / urbanisation, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, family gardens, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, gardening kids, gender, hunger / famine, local (indigenous) knowledge, malnutrition, poverty, public health, refugees, Research / science, rooftop gardening, school gardens, Social dimensions, Soil, sustainable development, Technologies, Water, women/youth and desertification | Leave a comment

Traditional knowledge and biodiversity conservation (id21)

Posted on July 3, 2007 by

Read at : <id21NRnewsAdmin@lyris.ids.ac.uk> id21NRNews 31 – the latest id21 Natural Resources research highlights CONSERVATION Saving traditional knowledge from the ‘biopirates’ Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge about the use of natural resources is vital for conserving biodiversity. This knowledge is now … Continue reading →

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Ecotourism, protection of biodiversity and poverty reduction (id21)

Posted on June 12, 2007 by

Read at : id21 – <id21NRnewsAdmin@lyris.ids.ac.uk> id21NRNews 30 – the latest id21 Natural Resources research highlights Ecotourism: an innovative conservation and development strategy or a celebration of poverty? Jim Butcher, a lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, questions how much … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, Ecology - environment, ecotourism, local (indigenous) knowledge, NGO/CSO - Civil society, poverty, rural development, sustainable development | 1 Comment

Aborigines remain in poverty, bad health (Google Alert / People’s Daily)

Posted on May 28, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert for Poverty People’s Daily on line http://english.people.com.cn/200705/28/eng20070528_378513.html Aborigines remain in poverty, bad health Australia yesterday marked 40 years since a historic referendum granted Aborigines citizenship, but celebrations were muted by stark reminders the continent’s original … Continue reading →

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Zakir’s view on “Reduction of emissions from deforestation (ENB)”

Posted on May 25, 2007 by

Here is a comment from Zakir : farmers.voice@gmail.com Undoubtedly the book seems to be a rich piece of work and a different perspective of mitigating climate change. Since our tiny Farmers’ Research Institute is working out with the initiative of … Continue reading →

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Indigenous knwoledge and modern technologies (dgAlert / UNEP)

Posted on May 19, 2007 by

Read at : dgAlert for IndigenousIssues http://topics.developmentgateway.org/indigenous/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101838?intcmp=700This adepipe.nimbe.pdf by Adepipe, Okuneye & Ayinde The relevance of local and indigenous knowledge for Nigerian agriculture This paper presents the results of a pilot study on agricultural practices in Nigeria, commissioned by the … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Knowledge, soil infertility and poverty (dgAlert / REPOA)

Posted on May 19, 2007 by

Read at : dgAlert for Indigenous Issues http://topics.developmentgateway.org/indigenous/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101474?intcmp=700REPOA%19s&itemId=1101474 REPOA pdf “The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Combating Soil Infertility and Poverty in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.” by Juma Wickama and Stephen Mwihomeke REPOA’s Research Report 06.2 examines the use of … Continue reading →

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Desertification prevention and local people (Google Alert / SciDev.Net)

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert for Desertification SciDev.Net http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid=3&item=News&itemid=3614&language=1 Local people ‘vital to preventing desertification’ Michelle Picard-Aitken 14 May 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Integrating the livelihoods of local people into environmental management can help prevent the desertification of the world’s drylands, … Continue reading →

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Drylands are not the same as badlands (dgAlert / EurekAlert)

Posted on May 11, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert for desertification Eurekalert http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-05/du-dan051007.php Contact: Monte Basgall monte.basgall@duke.edu 919-681-8057 Duke University Drylands are not the same as badlands DURHAM, N.C. — Drylands, where 38 percent of the world’s population lives, can be protected from the … Continue reading →

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