UN warns of desertification crisis

"Without proper action, both in developing and developed countries, some 50 million people could be displaced by desertification and land degradation within the next ten years" the world conference on ...

Where's the water? NASA, where's the life?

NASA of the US: We have found evidence of a wetter Mars . Drylands of the world: We dont want evidence of the existence of water once upon a time; we want the water now! On second thought, we can learn from ...

UN recruits North American youth to join fight against climate change

The United Nations Environment Programme enlisted the help of North American youth to help tackle climate change at a summit kicking off today in the United States city of Chicago.

Nest egg against drowning

At least one national government is taking climate change seriously. This week, the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, announced that some of his country's tourism income will be set aside and placed ...

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Desertification - a global problem >> Posted By mahasharakhram 23 hours, 16 minutes ago in Science & Technology 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 6 Propped: 8 Prop it More than 250 million people in 110 countries are ...

carbon sequestraton with different agriculture and trees?

This are maybe two topics: 1.) It is often stated that through organic soil working practices lots of Carbon dioxide could be stored in the soil.

Turkey, the secret weapon against desertification

Turkey is a major world player in desertification-prevention, not only succeeding in its own struggle against encroaching deserts, but also providing training and expertise to some of the countries most at ...

Natural Resources: UN Takes On Causes And Impact Of Land Degradation

Thursday, 6 November 2008, 9:30 am Press Release: United Nations With some 12 million hectares of land lost every year to degradation and other environmental causes, a United Nations gathering kicks off today ...

Need for sustainable land management stressed

'Health of land is basis of food chain, climate and livelihood' 'World witnessing food, energy, climate, credit crisis' HYDERABAD: Failure to address desertification, land degradation and drought threats to ...

UN gathering takes on causes and impact of land degradation

With some 12 million hectares of land lost every year to degradation and other environmental causes, a United Nations gathering kicks off today in Istanbul, Turkey, to tackle a problem which risks being ...