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Call for global water summit  -  16 Nov 2008
Arab News,...in drinking water infrastructures, climate change and its impact on water resources and arid environments, and how to control desertification.

Bayero Cautions N’Assembly on State Creation  -  16 Nov 2008
THISDAY,He specifically emphasized the problem of desertification and erosion as well as low capacity utilization of the industries that had further worsened

On war footing  -  16 Nov 2008
Manila Standard Today,If that point is reached, the world will see even more destructive typhoons, deadlier floods and desertification. Small islands will disappear,

Food aid has detrimental effects on biodiversity - Scientists  -  16 Nov 2008
Newsnet,Recurrent droughts, climate change and at times desertification have resulted in many SADC countries producing inadequate food to feed their nations and

Senate’s battle against ecological challenges  -  Nov 15, 2008
The Punch,Sub themes, which were considered included: desertification, climatic change and the challenge of poverty, food security in Nigeria : Boosting the capacity

Combating desertification is key to tackling global food crisis  -  Nov 9, 2008
Business Mirror,If we fail to combat land degradation and desertification, the consequences can be disastrous. We must use science to become better stewards of our precious

'Arid Aquaculture' Among Livelihoods Promoted To Relieve Worsening ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."The key message is that innovations are needed to ensure long-term sustainability of communities and to avoid rapid desertification in the face of growing

Nigeria: Issues on the Desertification Commission Bill  -  Nov 11, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The proposed National Desertification Commission recently scaled the crucial second reading stage at the Senate when the bill was unanimously passed.

Combating Desertification Could Help Tackle Other Global Crises  -  Oct 30, 2008
NewsBlaze,The 2005 Convention aims to promote effective action through innovative local programmes and supportive international partnerships to combat desertification

UN recruits North American youth to join fight against climate change  -  Nov 14, 2008
UN News CentreIn a related development, a UN gathering to combat desertification wrapped up today in Istanbul, Turkey. Delegates from the 193 countries which are party to

Turkey, the secret weapon against desertification  -  Nov 6, 2008
Turkish Daily News (subscription),Turkey is a major world player in desertification-prevention, not only succeeding in its own struggle against encroaching deserts, but also providing

UN delegation visits National Assembly  -  Nov 13, 2008
Hürriyet,ANKARA - General Secreatry Luc-Marie Gnacadja and an accompanying delegation of the United Nation’s Convention to Combat Desertification were in the

UN puts desertification under spotlight  -  Nov 5, 2008
Environmental Data Interactive,Officials from around the world have gathered in Turkey to take part in a United Nations conference looking at how to fight the effects of desertification

(GEN) ISTANBUL HOSTS MEETING ON UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT ...  -  Nov 3, 2008
TMCnetTurkish Environment & Forestry Minister Veysel Eroglu said on Monday that desertification, which caused poverty, migration, unemployment lack of food and

Nest egg against drowning  -  Nov 13, 2008
Globe and Mail,Desertification in sub-Saharan Africa has already eaten away at much of the region's small stock of arable land. Warmer temperatures have spread malaria and

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF CONVENTION TO COMBAT ...  -  Oct 30, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),He went on to say that a milestone had been reached last year when parties to the Desertification Convention had adopted a common strategy for its

Arid aquaculture can provide livelihood for residents of worlds ...  -  Nov 12, 2008
Thaindian.com,The key message is that innovations are needed to ensure long-term sustainability of communities and to avoid rapid desertification in the face of growing

Arabs urged to tackle conservation issues  -  Oct 26, 2008
Gulf Daily News,Efforts must be directed to solve the main environmental issues: fresh water scarcity, desertification, air quality and marine pollution.

Govt. earmarks $ 31 mln for 2008-2009 reforestation campaign  -  Nov 13, 2008
Maghreb Arabe Presse,2008 (MAP)- Morocco's High Commissioner for Water, Forests and the Fight of Desertification (HCEFLD) has earmarked some $ 31 mln for the 2008-2009

No swearing-in of election winners until petitions are concluded ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Nigerian Tribune,The Senate President said that the visit to the North would enable the senators see the desertification crisis first- hand.

UNIBEN convocation to examine N-Delta issues  -  Nov 10, 2008
Vanguard,...pollution associated with mass proliferation of private/corporate/public power generation in Nigeria and the expanding desertification of the Sahara

Mongolian scientists display discoveries at exhibition  -  Nov 10, 2008
Mongolia Web News,Mongolian scientists note that one of the urgent problems Mongolia is confronted with is desertification as 70 percent of the total territory of Mongolia is

Australia should recognise climate change refugees  -  Nov 12, 2008
Oceania Indymedia,Disturbances result in increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes,

Desertificatition, deforestation key to vision 20-2020 --Minister  -  Oct 29, 2008
Triumph,Mrs Halima Aloa, the Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, yesterday in Abuja said that addressing desertification was critical to the

Nod for government-industry tie-up  -  Nov 6, 2008
Hindu,...of the introduction of invasive alien species and their management and assessment of vulnerability and adaption to climate change and desertification.

Africa's anti-desert 'green wall' starts small in Senegal  -  Oct 28, 2008
Africasia,The idea was simple, ambitious and eye-catching: to counter the threat of creeping desertification in Africa through a Great Green Wall of trees spanning

MBA's face up to the cold, hard facts about global warming  -  Nov 15, 2008
Times Online,Stephen Peake, of Judge, will tell students that a rise in global temperature of 2C over the next 100 years will bring floods, droughts and desertification,

Nigeria: Nepad Coordinator Unveils Aforestation Plan for Kebbi  -  Nov 3, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Isa noted that NEPAD will collaborate with the Ministry of Environment to come up with new policies and measures to combat desertification.

UN gathering takes on causes and impact of land degradation  -  Nov 4, 2008
UN News CentreThe seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC7) to tackle desertification will take place from 3-14

Senegalese president launches Great Green Wall project  -  Nov 7, 2008
African Press Agency,According to Ethiopian Television, the Green Wall, 15 km wide and 7000 km long, is a project proposed by to stop desertification of the continent.

Nigeria: 'Lawmakers Lack Technical Capacity on Environment ...  -  Nov 10, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Benue State University, Makurdi, said this in Abuja while presenting a paper on "Combating Deforestation and Desertification IN Nigeria".

The Senate This Week:Mama Bakassi’s legacy!  -  Nov 14, 2008
Vanguard,Just as the Senators focused on the problems of the Niger Delta in Port-Harcourt last year, the Kano retreat focused on the problem of desertification as it

Carrier of life  -  Oct 29, 2008
The Statesman,International organisations like United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and International Water Association came forward to prevent

MONGOLIAN SCIENTISTS` INVENTIONS DISPLAYED  -  Nov 6, 2008
Montsame (subscription),According to the scientists, one of the urgent problems Mongolia is confronted with is the desertification. 70 percent of the total territory of Mongolia is

Nigeria: Nepad, Ministry Dialogue on Environmental Issues  -  Oct 30, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The Minister noted that the processes of deforestation and desertification are two major environmental challenges of great concern to the country and they

NCF highlights economic implications of nature  -  Nov 5, 2008
Nigerian Tribune,It is predicted to increase sea levels and floods in the south and exacerbate desertification in the north. It will affect our soil, our rivers,

The Prime Role of Fertilizers in Agricultural and National Development  -  Nov 14, 2008
WOW,Fertilizers are therefore an important part of the fight to stop desertification. In the face of an appropriate understanding of the prime role of

Minister raises alarm over desert encroachment  -  Oct 23, 2008
Nigerian Tribune,Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Halimat Tayo Alao, has said desert encroachment and desertification are threatening the

CONCERNED THAT GLOBAL CRISES THREATEN TO WORSEN VULNERABILITY IN ...  -  Nov 5, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),...continued to aggravate their situation as they faced desertification, land degradation, threats to key biological resources and rapid urbanization.

The Chinese Dust Bowl  -  Oct 31, 2008
Walrus Magazine,In response to the rapid desertification of its once-fertile steppes and oases, China is undertaking the most ambitious environmental restoration in

Recession and job cuts hit China’s toy industry province  -  Oct 21, 2008
MercoPress,...with police outside a government office, the latest victims of a pyramid-style get-rich-quick scheme involving tree plantations to stem desertification.

The environment and natural disasters  -  Oct 29, 2008
Nigerian Tribune,But the recent destructive effects of earthquakes, flooding erosion, desertification and cyclones across the globe have shown how helpless the people are

BADEA grants US$3.544 billion for Africa development  -  Nov 5, 2008
WAM - Emirates News Agency,...assistance and 14 special operations as part of the urgent assistance programme to some African countries affected by drought and desertification.

Spain’s Ecological Footprint Too Big  -  Nov 3, 2008
Leader,Olympic-size swimming pool per person per year to drink, wash, clean, farm and manufacture, even as the country faces a growing risk of desertification.

Tanzania / The Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic ...  -  Oct 27, 2008
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse),...including 14 special operations (in the context of Emergency Aid Programme benefiting several African countries effected by drought and desertification)

Getting Our Just Deserts  -  Nov 3, 2008
Grist Magazine,In Denver the combining factors are desertification (probably) and the draining of the aquifers while the Rocky Mountain glaciers melt away.

Carbon Dioxide Levels Already In Danger Zone, Revised Theory Shows  -  Nov 8, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...expanded desertification, loss of coral reefs, and loss of mountain glaciers that supply fresh water to hundreds of millions of people.

Trade across LoC is encouraging step; Ban Ki Moon -  -  Oct 30, 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan,...has highlighted the “silent�? crisis of desertification or land degradation, which, if tackled properly, can actually help address these other issues.

Transgenics sweep nation  -  Nov 13, 2008
Latin America Press,Many experts say that this planting method is accompanied by a growing use of herbicides, causing desertification of the soil, forcing rural populations to

‘2007 Senate Retreat Triggered Action in N’Delta’  -  Nov 13, 2008
THISDAY,He noted that in addition to desertification, the state also battles with drought and gully erosion, as well as flash floods and called for urgent

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