Category Archives: soil degradation

Cuba : soil degradation (Google / Cuba Headlines)

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2011/10/04/34067/soil_degradation_a_major_concern_for_cubas_agriculture.html Soil degradation a major concern for Cuba’s agriculture One of the major concerns for Cuban specialists in the branch is Soil degradation, this is in fact one of the most pressing environmental … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, soil degradation

Protecting farmland and agriculturally important water resources from permanent damage by mining (Google / Newcastle Herald.au)

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.theherald.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/tocal-and-the-fate-of-farms/2262412.aspx Tocal and the fate of farms WHILE the World Bank is warning about record food prices and their link to starvation and malnutrition, Australia is debating whether it’s worthwhile protecting farmland and … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, ecosystems, food / food security, Forestry, nutrition, soil degradation

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)  

Posted in Desertification, drought, sand fixation, soil degradation

Soil degradation in Cuba (Google / Cuba Headlines)

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2011/06/14/31862/cuba_valuable_natural_resource_calling_out_for_help.html Cuba: Valuable Natural Resource Calling Out for Help The history of degradation of the soil in many parts of the world is long and difficult. It is of significant importance in Cuba´s … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, land / land degradation, soil degradation

Soil degradation in India (Ecosensorium)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ecosensorium.org/2011/01/degradation-of-soil-in-north-eastern.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ecosensorium+%28ECOSENSORIUM.ORG%29 Degradation of Soil in the North-Eastern States of India: Causes and Consequences Some scholars reported in 1985, that a large area of forest vegetation was burnt in the Shifting- Cultivation or the Slash and Burn Cultivation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Soil, soil degradation