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		<title>How to promote investments that genuinely support local people? (IIED)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/how-to-promote-investments-that-genuinely-support-local-people-iied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Land Degradation Announcement List &#60;land-l@lists.iisd.ca&#62; The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is proud to announce its latest Briefing Paper: New IIED Briefing Paper Farms and funds: investment funds in the global land rush Abbi Buxton, &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/how-to-promote-investments-that-genuinely-support-local-people-iied/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27573&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN IN YEMEN (UNICEF)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNICEF WARNS ON HIGH RATES OF MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN IN YEMEN New York, Jan 25 2012  1:05PM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that half a million children in Yemen could die or suffer physical and mental damage &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/malnutrition-among-children-in-yemen-unicef/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27565&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moonlight photos of the drought in Africa (Google / Oxfam)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; images of the Africa Drought http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2012/01/26/alejandro-chaskielbergs-moonlight-photos-too-beautiful/ Alejandro Chaskielberg’s moonlight photos: Too beautiful? Do an acclaimed photographer’s images for Oxfam bring attention to the drought in Kenya, or do they risk putting too much gloss &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/moonlight-photos-of-the-drought-in-africa-google-oxfam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27568&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desertification in Bangladesh (Google / New Age)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rivers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; desertification http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/op-ed/48235.html Northern region at risk of desertification Mindless withdrawal of river water and unbridled extraction of groundwater are to blame, Professor ASM Woobaid Ullah of the Delta Research Centre at Dhaka University tells &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/desertification-in-bangladesh-google-new-age/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27566&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery from Forest Fire in Chile (IPS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecology - environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106519 CHILE Recovery from Forest Fire Could Take 80 Years By Pamela Sepúlveda SANTIAGO, Jan 23, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s extremely serious, a full-blown environmental catastrophe,&#8221; environmentalist Sara Larrain told IPS, describing the impact of the fire &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/recovery-from-forest-fire-in-chile-ips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27561&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drought in Argentina (IPS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106562 ARGENTINA Drought Threat Looms Again By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Jan 26, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; The low humidity in Argentina&#8217;s most agriculturally productive region has already caused a decline in grain yield &#8211; in particular corn &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/drought-in-argentina-ips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27558&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moringa could help arid nations to fight food insecurity and malnutrition (IPS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[drought tolerant plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food / food security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[malnutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106539 Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; When a food crisis hits the continent, African countries tend to look to the international donor community to mobilise aid. &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/moringa-could-help-arid-nations-to-fight-food-insecurity-and-malnutrition-ips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27554&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are these five media innovations really working to reduce hunger ? (WorldWatch Institute / Willem Van Cotthem&#8217;s comment)</title>
		<link>http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/five-media-innovations-that-are-working-to-reduce-hunger-around-the-world-worldwatch-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family gardens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Five Media Innovations that Help Feed the Planet &#8220;Worldwatch researchers offered a diverse selection of sustainability posts last week. In this one, we discussed five media innovations that are working to reduce hunger around the world. In &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/five-media-innovations-that-are-working-to-reduce-hunger-around-the-world-worldwatch-institute/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27545&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>High-tech versus low-tech agriculture (The Seattle Times)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017322825_apusfoodandfarmgates.html Gates defends focus on high-tech agriculture By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press KIRKLAND, Wash. — Bill Gates has a terse response to criticism that the high-tech solutions he advocates for world hunger are too expensive or &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/high-tech-versus-low-tech-agriculture-the-seattle-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27541&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desertification of deserts (Google / Coursework.info)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[desert/desert gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; desertification http://www.coursework.info/International_Baccalaureate/Geography/Desertification_of_Sahara_and_Gobi_deser_L937308.html Desertification of Sahara and Gobi desert Desertification of Sahara and Gobi desert The planet Earth has many ecological problems, from small ones to very severe; some of them are not caused by &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/desertification-of-deserts-google-coursework-info/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desertification.wordpress.com&amp;blog=523668&amp;post=27538&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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