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By Roger Highfield, Science EditorLast Updated: 10:01pm BST 08/09/2008 Genetic modification could be used to make a sweetener found in licorice, and help halt Desertification, say scientists in Japan. ... Source: www.abc.net.au --- 33 days ago
The Spanish Government says it will plant 45 million trees over the next four years to counter Desertification caused by global warming. ... Source: www.sciencedaily.com --- 6 days ago
Researchers in Spain have established a method based on dynamic simulation models to define the indicators for the risk of Desertification of a particular region in the long term, thus forecasting whether or not the current situation is sustainable. ... Source: pubs.acs.org --- 26 days ago
Shixiong Cao Web Release Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Correspondence/Rebuttal) DOI: 10.1021/es801569c ... Source: create.freedesktop.org --- 14 hours ago
On Monday of this week, myself, Lu , Mitu Hopu , and our friend Lu Jia visited the closest point of Desertification near Beijing, Tian Mo. It took alot of turns to get there to the point our off-license taxi looked ready to give up on this pursuit. We prevailed to find our beloved sand dunes with 2 camels out front and a Chinese park troll trying to charge us all 25 RMB per person to enter the park, which semi-sadly consisted of only two massive sand dunes. Regardless the size of the dunes, we had an amazing experience with the strangest set of characters also seeking out these bald spots forming in the landscape. View Larger Map Lu and I took the photos, and she has some chinese text to go along with at her blog . We traveled over 200 Kilometers to get to this location. So did two different couples to get their photos taken by a jesus-like art figure carrying a frame as burden for us all! So did a couple whose car got stuck in the desert sand. So did about 50 young Chinese soldiers who apparently get to goof off all day. Of course, China has many vast desert deserts: Even where we live. Cao Chang Di, is under assault from the desert helping to breed ideas and research like Cao Chang Mo (ah, a project waiting to be completed). The Chinese government is not doing enough to combat Desertification as “the desert is sweeping into China’s valleys, choking rivers and consuming precious farm land. Beijing has responded with massive tree-plan ... Source: allafrica.com --- 26 days ago
Over 80% of Uganda will become a desert in less than 100 years if the current climate changes are not addressed, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. ... Source: allafrica.com --- 20 days ago
The World Bank will assist Nigeria in its quest to plant one billion trees across the country's six geopolitical zones to reduce the negative impacts of Desertification and climate change, the Bank official, has said. ... Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com --- 36 days ago
Everyone loves licorice. OK, that’s not true. But even if you loathe the smell of black jelly beans, sambuca, and root beer, put aside your distaste for a minute: Licorice is in trouble, and science might have the answer. Licorice comes from the root of a plant called Glycyrrhiza glabra, and it’s about 50 times sweeter [...] ... Source: www.worldchanging.com --- 23 days ago
WorldChanging TeamThis article was written by Mara Hvistendahl in October 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Western China is turning... ... Source: www.mysinchew.com --- 22 days ago
A Senegalese ranger stands next to a blackwood (Acacia senegalensis) sapling in the village of Widou Thiengoly about 300km from Dakar. read more ... Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 20 days ago
Devastating fires caused by climate change are threatening forests in Lebanon, in turn accelerating the pace of global warming, an environmental activist has warned. "We are witnessing a rise in temperature which leads to the dryness of forest soil and pushes it toward Desertification," Sawsan Bou Fakhreddine. ... Source: www.theenvironmentsite.org --- 4 days ago
*Researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have established a method based on dynamic simulation models to define the indicators for the risk of Desertification of a particular region in the long term, thus forecasting whether or not the current situation is sustainable.* A tool to assess the risk of Desertification (http://www.innovationsreport.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/a_tool_assess_risk_desertification_119976.html) ---Quote--- Desertification has been described as the biggest environmental and socioeconomic problem faced by many countries all over the world. In arid regions, the cause of the problem is mainly the way the land is used. The definition that is most extended and that was approved by the United Nations in 1994 is that Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid, sub-humid and dry areas resulting from different factors such as climatic variations and human activities. There are two ways to fight Desertification. One of them consists in cancelling out the effects it causes, which is very expensive considering all the investments required to restore lost fertility to the ground. The other is to anticipate the problem, since during its initial stages it can still be managed and turned around. In this sense, the diverse existing methods seek to detect the early symptoms of degradation. ---End Quote--- :smile: ... Source: theguiridispatches.wordpress.com --- 22 days ago
I’m having a super Spain-Day here at the Guiri Dispatches. Found a few snippets about Spain preparing a large anti-Desertification program. Some of the facts from the International Herald Tribune: They want to plant 45 million trees between 2009 and 2012 It’ll cost about €90 million “Adena, Spain’s branch of the World Wildlife Fund, says nearly 30 percent of [...] ... Source: www.epp-ed.eu --- 5 days ago
T he Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament has approved the allocation of €1m for the year 2009 for a pilot project to develop specific methods of prevention and stopping Desertification in Europe. There are certain areas to be covered like research, data collection, evaluation, field visits, consultancy and European networking for stopping Desertification. ... Source: madhesi.wordpress.com --- 29 days ago
Desertification of Terai region of Nepal Every day, 2000 trucks have been exporting sand and stone to India from Kanchanpur to Maorang. Nowadays, by the side of the southern boarder of Nepal, government of India is constructing highway. Stone and sand are cheap in Nepal, so Indian contractors are buying it materials from Nepal. Export will [...] ... Source: desertification.wordpress.com --- 33 days ago
Read at : Google Alert - desertificationhttp://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09/03/2008&qrTitle=Budgets%20should%20address%20desertification%20problems%20-Northern%20speakers&qrColumn=NEWS Budgets should address Desertification problems -Northern speakers The 15th Conference of Speakers from the states in the northern part of the country, has called for adequate budgetary provisions to fight Desertification. The speakers made the call in a communiqué at the end of their two-day meeting in Maiduguri. The communiqué, read by the Speaker of Adamawa [...] ... Source: desertification.wordpress.com --- 24 days ago
Read at : Google Alert - Desertification http://tenbifubyeka.blogspot.com/2008/09/take-Desertification-warning-seriously.html Take Desertification warning seriuously … By Ebenezer T. Bifubyeka (Ten), In Mbarara, Western Uganda. HE who doesn’t take heed pays expensively! Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that over 80% of Uganda will become a desert in less than 100 years if the current climate changes are not addressed. Global warming and [...] ... Source: desertification.wordpress.com --- 33 days ago
Read at : Google Alert - Desertification http://www.truthabouttrade.org/content/view/12367/54/ GM licorice could help stop Desertification Posted by Truth About Trade & Technology Wednesday, 10 September 2008 The Telegraph By Roger Highfield Original Publish Date: September 8, 2008 Genetic modification could be used to make a sweetener found in licorice, and help halt Desertification, say scientists in Japan. Researchers there have identified an enzyme [...] ...
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AFP - The challenge posed by climate change could be resolved by a peaceful switch to a low-carbon economy, or alternatively inflict stresses that could include war and Desertification of swathes of the US and Australia, a thinktank said on Monday. ...