Blogs Posts on "Desertification"

Vegetable Gardening Tips That Help Us Grow More (Google / Backyard … by Landscaping Focus on Nov 3, 2009My wife and I have found that it doesn't matter whether we do our gardening directly in the ground, using raised beds or even using containers there are a few vegetable gardening tips that save us time and were easy to implement. ...

Picture of the Day: Green versus Desert by The Road to the Horizon on Sep 22, 2009China is creating a 4,500 km (2,800 mi) long forest belt to control sandstorms pushing forward the sands of the Gobi desert. (More)More Pictures of the Day on The Road.Picture courtesy Biopact...

Climate change: 20% of China is now desert. by The Road to the Horizon on Sep 19, 2009Sean Gallagher is a photojournalist living in China. With the support of Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting to highlight the impact of desertification in China.Almost 20% of China's land is now desert, affecting 400 million people. In Western China...

Community gardening also benefits combat of desertification … by Landscaping Focus on Aug 24, 2009Community gardening has become an important grassroots movement across the country. So much so, that next week is National Community Gardening Week as proclaimed by Thomas Vilsack, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...

Challenges to Sustainable Agriculture in LAC by The Temas Blog on Dec 31, 1969I am in New York attending the Seventh Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17). This Session is focused on the thematic cluster of agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa. As is...