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		<title>Children shouldn’t have to starve to death (The Globe and Mail)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/world-failed-to-heed-early-warning-system-on-famine/article2305753/ World failed to heed early warning system on famine Children shouldn’t have to starve to death to galvanize the international community into action. And yet that is what happened in the Horn of Africa last summer. &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/children-shouldnt-have-to-starve-to-death-the-globe-and-mail/">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=27610&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The world’s donor nations now face another crisis (Google / The Globe and Mail)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; images of the Africa Drought http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/will-west-africas-drought-be-a-repeat-disaster/article2317080/ Will West Africa’s drought be a repeat disaster? geoffrey york Johannesburg— Globe and Mail Update After thousands died needlessly because of the slow response to the Somalia famine &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/the-worlds-donor-nations-now-face-another-crisis-google-the-globe-and-mail/">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=27606&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Significantly worsening hunger levels throughout the Sahel (Christian Aid)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food / food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger / famine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; images of the Africa Drought http://www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/january-2012/christian-aid-responds-worsening-sahel-hunger-crisis.aspx Christian Aid responds to worsening Sahel hunger crisis With seven million people across five West African countries facing the spectre of famine within months, Christian Aid is stepping &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/significantly-worsening-hunger-levels-throughout-the-sahel-christian-aid/">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=27602&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The coming crisis in the Sahel (Google / People+Planet)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land / land degradation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; images of the Africa Drought http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=30205&#38;topic=27&#38;section=33 COMMENTARY: World must wake up to the coming crisis in the Sahel Posted: 23 January 2012 Author: Malcolm Potts If forecasters could draw isobars outlining human suffering, then the high &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/the-coming-crisis-in-the-sahel-google-peopleplanet/">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=27597&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly half Niger’s population does not have enough to eat (IRIN)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food / food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger / famine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94713 NIGER: Thousands of villages hit by severe food shortages NIAMEY, 24 January 2012 (IRIN) &#8211; Nearly half Niger’s population does not have enough to eat and the government says it is facing a grain shortfall of &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/nearly-half-nigers-population-does-not-have-enough-to-eat-irin/">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=27594&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desertification in Diyala (Iraq) &#8211; (Google / Dinar Rumor)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; desertification http://www.dinarrumor.com/showthread.php?33121-Vast-agricultural-areas-affected-by-desertification-in-Diyala Vast agricultural areas affected by desertification in Diyala Diyala, January 20 (AKnews) &#8211; The Department of Agriculture Diyala, on Friday, said more than 200 thousand acres of agricultural land and orchards were &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/desertification-in-diyala-iraq-google-dinar-rumor/">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=27589&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two key technologies of concentrated solar power and the Seawater Greenhouse (Google / Architecture Source)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[desalinisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irrigation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; desertification http://designbuildsource.com.au/sustainable-desert-irrigation Sustainable Desert Irrigation Australia’s climate is changing. The first decade of the new century saw much of the country, and Victoria in particular, hit hard by drought whilst other states were hit &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/two-key-technologies-of-concentrated-solar-power-and-the-seawater-greenhouse-google-architecture-source/">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=27585&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sand control in China (Google / CRI)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desertification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sand fixation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; 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&#8217;s major &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/sand-control-in-china-google-cri/">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=27579&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Modern day locust outbreaks (Science Daily)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willem Van Cotthem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[grazing / overgrazing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126152127.htm Overgrazed Grasslands Tied to Locust Outbreaks ScienceDaily (Jan. 26, 2012) — While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as biblical references, locust swarms still have devastating effects on agriculture &#8230; <a href="http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/modern-day-locust-outbreaks-science-daily/">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=27576&amp;subd=desertification&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to promote investments that genuinely support local people? (IIED)</title>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[land grab]]></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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