Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘forest’
25 Sep
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem
Maine Gardener: Ferry Beach students elevate garden to a sustainable ecosystem . Posted 25 September 2011, by Tom Atwell, Maine Sunday Telegram (MaineToday Media Inc.), pressherald.com . The Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco has given a new name to its organic garden. “We are calling it a ‘sustainable food ecosystem,’ ” said [...]
24 Sep
Sri Lanka’s women deminers clean up legacy of Asia’s longest war
Sri Lanka’s women deminers clean up legacy of Asia’s longest war . Posted 23 September 2011, by Nita Bhalla, SwissInfo (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation), swissinfo.ch . MANNAR, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) – Wearing a visor and a protective vest over grey fatigues tucked into black military boots, former housewife S. Dishanty crawls on her hands and [...]
23 Sep
This month in ecological science
This month in ecological science Evolutionary traps, invasive yellow starthistle’s favorable response to carbon dioxide and plant breeding for harmony between agriculture and the environment . Posted 22 September 2011, by Nadine Lymn (Ecological Society of America) , EurekAlert! eurekalert.org . Evolutionary traps in human-dominated landscapes A study published in the September issue of [...]
21 Sep
Orissa: People issue forest rights title in own name
Orissa: People issue forest rights title in own name . Posted 21 September 2011, by Pradeep Baisakh, Orissa Diary, orissadiary.com . Report by Pradeep Baisakh; Kashipur: After approaching the Tehsil office, Block office and Collectorate Office time again to know the status of the claims they have filed under Forest Rights Act and [...]
21 Sep
Religion and ecology among China’s Blang people
Religion and ecology among China’s Blang people . Posted20 September 2011, by Staff (Queen’s University), PhysOrg, physorg.com . Fieldwork conducted by two Queen’s researchers could help develop culturally appropriate conservation efforts and environmental education programs in a remote mountainous area of southwest China where deforestation is a major environmental issue. James Miller, a professor in [...]
20 Sep
UN: Indigenous Peoples abused in race for natural resources
UN: Indigenous Peoples abused in race for natural resources Indigenous peoples suffer abuses in race for natural resources – UN rights expert . Posted 20 September 2011, by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . Special Rapporteur James Anaya UN News Centre 20 September 2011 Posted at Censored News . Extraction of natural resources and other [...]
18 Sep
Permaculture institute celebrates 25 years in Basalt
Permaculture institute celebrates 25 years in Basalt . Posted 18 September 2011, by Scott Condon, The Aspen Times (Swift Communications, Inc.), aspentimes.com . BASALT — There’s a Garden of Eden carved into the piñon and juniper forest on the sunny south side of Basalt Mountain, a one-acre paradise where fruit trees and grape vines [...]
17 Sep
I BELIEVE: ‘The beauties of our past are still alive in unspoiled woods, hills and meadows’
I BELIEVE: ‘The beauties of our past are still alive in unspoiled woods, hills and meadows’ . Posted 14 September 2011, by George Petty, The Daily Record (Gannett), dailyrecord.com . I believe the beauties of our past are still alive in unspoiled woods, hills and meadows, those quiet green sanctuaries where we can [...]
