Category Archives: sand fixation

Bumpers eliminate sand and sand encroachment prevent desertification (Google / The Science Forum)

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

Read at : http://www.thescienceforum.com/general-discussion/32778-bumpers-eliminate-sand-sand-encroachment-prevent-desertification.html Professor invented “Hammoud Hammad Badrani” solution to the problem of sand encroachment and desertification potential of this crawl repeated. Thought this Aalachteraa based on leveraging the power of wind natural to inflate and the expulsion of … Continue reading →

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Sand Dunes (Google / Nova Publ.)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=34351&osCsid=0cd28a26303fa6d83c2eb6c5420080bd   Sand Dunes: Conservation, Types and Desertification Editors: Jessica A. Murphy Book Description: In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the conservation, types and desertification of sand … Continue reading →

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Magnus LARSSON on TED

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture http://www.ted.com/talks/magnus_larsson_turning_dunes_into_architecture.html

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Sand control in China (Google / CRI)

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/01/27/2724s677994.htm Progress Made in Sand Control on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Xinhua      Web Editor: Yihang China stepped up efforts last year to control desert sprawl and preserve ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the country’s major … Continue reading →

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To raise barriers against sand dunes and to mitigate desertification (Google / ANGOP)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/ambiente/2011/11/49/supports-reduction-desertification-Angola-south,76e93027-0013-44bd-8e60-960344dbdc26.html UN supports reduction of desertification in Angola’s south The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is helping Angola to elaborate a specific project that will enable to raise … Continue reading →

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A project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms from Iraq (Google / AFP)

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4p-3K8x109wrZhU0nKvZwk6yKlw?docId=CNG.fbefe72f09caceb93685db9278d8374e.a21 Iran, Iraq pay $1.2 bn to battle sandstorms TEHRAN — A top Iranian environment official said on Monday Tehran and Baghdad will jointly pay $1.2 billion in a project to reduce the … Continue reading →

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Fixating sands and stopping desertification in China (You Tube)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

VIDEO seen at : Channel NewsAsia Amazing Asia http://youtu.be/2JIqSGVvc3M De-Desertification.m4v  

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Stabilize sands at the edge of the desert with a grid of straw squares (Google / DW-World.de)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15182754,00.html Grid of straw squares turns Chinese sand to soil Straw helps grass to grow, which helps cultivate more vegetation The sand dunes in Shapotou, a town in the northwestern Chinese province of … Continue reading →

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From drought and sand to hunger (IRIN)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Video seen at : http://www.irinnews.org/film/?id=4103 Creeping Deserts (Mauritania) ——————- http://www.irinnews.org/film/?id=4629 Shifting Sands (Madagascar)  

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Sand-fixing shrubs on desertified sandy lands to control desertification (NCBI)

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16025199 Changes in soil properties after establishment of Artemisia halodendron and Caragana microphylla on shifting sand dunes in semiarid Horqin Sandy Land, northern China. Su YZ, Zhang TH, Li YL, Wang F. Abstract In the semiarid Horqin … Continue reading →

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