"Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria.
"We lose houses to the desert every year," he says from the village of Bulamadu in Yobe State.
The fine sand is swallowing up houses and roads every year.
Almost all the villagers in this dusty arid region say they have lost homes and farms to the Sahara Desert which is expanding southwards. " LINK
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Showing posts with label desertification. Show all posts
Desert shrimps. Huh.
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, right?
Damn.
LINK to photostory about Nigeria's locust problem- and solution.
Damn.
LINK to photostory about Nigeria's locust problem- and solution.
Deserts on the move.
"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
-Shelley
The damn things are moving fast.
NIGER "NIAMEY (AFP) - Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has called for international help to counter growing desertification which has already overrun two-thirds of the vast West African country." LINK
CHINA "GUIYANG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Worsening stone desertification is threatening the survival of about 450,000 farmers in southwest China's Guizhou Province, and they are in dire need of being relocated, local authorities have said." LINK
ALGERIA "Going in to 2007, the Sahara will have advanced to within 200 kilometres of the Mediterranean coastline of this North African state." LINK
ARMENIA "Following his own study of climate change and desertification in Armenia, geographer Ashot Khoyetsyan points to logging and other factors in desertification. " LINK
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
-Shelley
The damn things are moving fast.
NIGER "NIAMEY (AFP) - Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has called for international help to counter growing desertification which has already overrun two-thirds of the vast West African country." LINK
CHINA "GUIYANG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Worsening stone desertification is threatening the survival of about 450,000 farmers in southwest China's Guizhou Province, and they are in dire need of being relocated, local authorities have said." LINK
ALGERIA "Going in to 2007, the Sahara will have advanced to within 200 kilometres of the Mediterranean coastline of this North African state." LINK
ARMENIA "Following his own study of climate change and desertification in Armenia, geographer Ashot Khoyetsyan points to logging and other factors in desertification. " LINK
Xinhua's rocking hard today.
BIRD FLU
Ducks die en mass in Vietnam's southern province LINK
PEOPLE FLU
Flu hits Beijing big time LINK
DESERTIFICATION
" As a result of ongoing environmental degradation, stronger winds are bringing as much as 60 tons of dust per square kilometer every year. Some experts warn that some part of the cliff where the grottoes are located may collapse as a result of this wind and dust erosion.
Meanwhile, the environment continues to deteriorate.
The area of natural forests in Dunhuang has been reduced by 40 percent in the past several decades to only 87,000 hectares, while the area of grassland has fallen by 77 percent. More than 80 percent of the area's lakes have dried up. Around 1,300 hectares of grassland and arable land is lost to the desert every year.
Whether we can stop these ancient grottoes which have stood the test of time for almost two millennia from being destroyed and finally engulfed by the desert remains a great cause for concern. "
LINK
Ducks die en mass in Vietnam's southern province LINK
PEOPLE FLU
Flu hits Beijing big time LINK
DESERTIFICATION
" As a result of ongoing environmental degradation, stronger winds are bringing as much as 60 tons of dust per square kilometer every year. Some experts warn that some part of the cliff where the grottoes are located may collapse as a result of this wind and dust erosion.
Meanwhile, the environment continues to deteriorate.
The area of natural forests in Dunhuang has been reduced by 40 percent in the past several decades to only 87,000 hectares, while the area of grassland has fallen by 77 percent. More than 80 percent of the area's lakes have dried up. Around 1,300 hectares of grassland and arable land is lost to the desert every year.
Whether we can stop these ancient grottoes which have stood the test of time for almost two millennia from being destroyed and finally engulfed by the desert remains a great cause for concern. "
LINK
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