
Desertification erodes Mongolian livelihoods - 11 Jul 07
Desertification erodes Mongolian livelihoods - 11 Jul 07
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What was once lush pasture, farmed by nomadic tribesmen for centuries, has now been eradicated by desertification. In thirty years, sands that have blown across Mongolia by seasonal wind, have eaten more than two million hectares of Mongoli...

Desertification [English]
Desertification [English]
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Contrary to popular perception, desertification is not the loss of land to desert or through sand-dune movement. It refers to land degradation resulting from climatic variations and human activities. It is not a natural process; it is the r...

Desertification threatens Niger's nomads - 15 July 08
Desertification threatens Niger's nomads - 15 July 08
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The effects of global warming can be starkly seen in the Sahara desert, where Niger is one of the countries most vulnerable. Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports from the country, where she found a bedouin tribe fighting possible extinction....

Turning the tide on desertification in Africa
Turning the tide on desertification in Africa
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In Senegal, the Acacia project has involved the planting and managing of Acacia forests in arid lands helping combat desertification while providing life-changing benefits to local communities. With two thirds of the African continent now c...

Increased desertification of Turkey's arable land -22 Aug 08
Increased desertification of Turkey's arable land -22 Aug 08
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It used to be regarded as one of Turkey's best growing regions. However, vast sinkholes are now appearing across what was once the country's agricultural heartland. Drought, shrinking water levels and more thirsty crops, mean the ri...

Crete at risk of desertification - November 18, 2008
Crete at risk of desertification - November 18, 2008
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Local environmentalists in the Greek island of Crete are currently fighting a billion dollar tourism project they say will degrade the land. In the last of our series on water shortages around the Mediterranean, Nicole Itano reports from Ca...

China battles increased desertification - 06 Nov 09
China battles increased desertification - 06 Nov 09
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One of the many climate issues being blamed on global warming is the expansion of deserts. The United Nations says drought could impact 70 per cent of the world's land over the next 15 years. In China, overgrazing, irrigation farming, a...

Combating Desertification - local solutions for a global problem
Combating Desertification - local solutions for a global problem
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Promotional video that shows the global problem of desertification in various areas around the world, and the local solutions that the DESIRE project tries to develop to allevaite these problems. project website: desire-project.eu disclaime...

Documentary on Desertification in Portugal
Documentary on Desertification in Portugal
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Human Desertification is a problem that concerns all the Interior of Portugal. This problem is shared by several different countries located in the South of Europe. With this work, combining the effort of the students and the CR Architects ...

Fighting desertification in Morocco | Global Ideas
Fighting desertification in Morocco | Global Ideas
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Increasingly, arable land in Morocco is disappearing under the desert. Year by year, desertification poses a growing problem for farmers - and in Morocco, 50 percen tof the population lives from agriculture. Farmers are hoping to tackle the...

17 June World Day to Combat Desertification
17 June World Day to Combat Desertification
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The 2008 theme of the Day is Combating Land Degradation for Sustainable Agriculture. Country Parties, international and non-governmental organizations are invited to organize events to celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification as an...

Villages on the Front Line - Spain Part 1 of 3
Villages on the Front Line - Spain Part 1 of 3
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Desertification is most often considered to be a problem afflicting poor nations. But large areas of developed nations such as the USA, Australia and Spain are also affected on a huge scale. In this film we go to Spain, where half the count...

Aral Sea - sandstorms and the fight against desertification | Tomorrow Today
Aral Sea - sandstorms and the fight against desertification | Tomorrow Today
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The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth largest lake. But for decades the rivers that feed it have been diverted for irrigation. As a result, the huge body of water between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has steadily shrunk and is now only ...