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Setting up a Drylands and Desert Restoration Hub (The University of Greenwich)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 1 day ago: COST Action ES1104 ‘Arid Lands Restoration and Combat of Desertification: Setting up a Dryland … more →

Tags: Desertification, land / land degradation

Spineless nopales (Opuntia ficus-indica var. inermis) to be used at the global level to combat desertification (Google / Food and Nutrition Research)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 1 day ago: Read at : Google Alerts – Opuntia ficus-indica http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.p … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, Drought Tolerant Plants, food / food security, Opuntia ficus-indica

Finding Solutions for Desertification and Drought (Google / Sudan Vision)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 2 days ago: Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, Great Green Wall (GGW)

Research to boost agriculture productivity in dryland areas (CGIAR / IISD)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 2 days ago: Read at : http://land-l.iisd.org/news/cgiar-research-partnership-focuses-on-dryland-agriculture/ CGI … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, Drought, food / food security

Migratory Species and Drylands (IISD)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 4 days ago: Read at : http://land-l.iisd.org/news/unccd-fact-sheet-highlights-relationship-of-migratory-species- … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Conservation, Desertification, Drought, Ecology & Environment, UNCCD

New Drylands Ambassador (IISD)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 4 days ago: Read at : http://land-l.iisd.org/news/unccd-names-new-drylands-ambassador/ UNCCD Names New Drylands … more →

Tags: Desertification, UNCCD

Celebrating achievement: Julie Ojango and Tadelle Dessie promoted

Jane Gitau wrote 4 days ago: Julie and Tadelle cut the cake marking their promotions announced on the same day. Both were employe … more →

Tags: Africa, animal feeding, Article, award, Biodiversity, dairying, drought 2, East Africa, Ethiopia

Reframing the pastoral narrative: Ancient mobile herding strategies to make a comeback in a hotter world

Susan MacMillan wrote 1 week ago: Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Mobility to u … more →

Tags: Environment, pastoralism, Food Security, East Africa, South Asia, Asia, ILRI, Pa, LivestockFutures

Pastoralists in the Media: Three 'E's please1 comment

mikeshanahan wrote 1 week ago: Once upon a time, not so long ago, we were all mobile. Movement was what enabled our ancestors to tr … more →

Tags: China, India, Kenya, Meat, media, pastoralism, Policy Narratives, reslience

Bitter Root - Lotus of the Drylands - A Root of Mother's Day2 comments

treothe wrote 1 week ago: . Majesty out of Stone One of the Majestic generosities of our drylands… These growing in the … more →

Tags: Wild Ones - Photography, Bitter Root - Lotus of the Drylands - A Root of Mother', Wild, Cascadia, Flower, Painted Hills, Bitter Root, ethnobotany, MOTHERS DAY

Kenya ministry asked to allocate greater resources to the livestock sector, particularly in arid areas

Susan MacMillan wrote 2 weeks ago: Sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). ‘The Inter-African Bureau f … more →

Tags: Kenya, FAO, World Bank, Business Daily - Kenya, AI-IBAR, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, livestock and fisheries, Livestock Data Innovation in Africa Project

Promises7 comments

Anshuman Dash wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo Source: http://nature.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/791737/​ The Sun had gone down and the evenin … more →

Tags: Ran-dumb, Nature, Sunset, Night, rain, Curse, Trust, sky, water

Extrêmement résistant à la sécheresse (IRD) - French

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Lu au : http://www.france-nord.ird.fr/la-mediatheque/selection-de-media/fiches-d-actualite-scientifi … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, desert/desert gardening, afforestation, Reforestation

Extremely drought-resistant Sahara olive tree against drought and desertification (Science Daily)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130503094711.htm Sahara Olive Tree: Genetic H … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, desert/desert gardening, afforestation, Reforestation, Olive tree Laperrine, Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei

Land degradation source of environmental concern in India (Google / Postnoon)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://postnoon.com/2013/04/29/desertification-india … more →

Tags: Desertification, land / land degradation, Drought, UNCCD

Don't let our future dry up (Google / Terra Primus)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://terraprimus.org/?p=612 World Day to Combat De … more →

Tags: Desertification, Drought, land / land degradation, UNCCD, World Day Desertification

We transform degraded land in lush savannas (Deserto Verde Burkinabe)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read more: http://www.desertoverde.ch/ We transform degraded land (bare, with a few bushes and some … more →

Tags: Desertification, Ecology & Environment, Forestry, Drought, afforestation

Tiffin: dry regions, China's guidelines, permaculture, GM crops, valuing drylands, FAO saves money

makanaka wrote 1 month ago: (1) The International Instititute for Environment and Development (IIED) says that current policy na … more →

Tags: Agriculture and Food, Ecology and Environment, Economics and Globalisation, Agrobiodiversity, China, FAO, GM, IIED, India

Sustainable management of dry forests (Google / UN News Centre)

Willem Van Cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44640 … more →

Tags: Desertification, Ecology & Environment, Forestry, climate / climate change, Drought


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