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  • West County's 'almost park' in focus again 24 Nov 2009 21:30 GMT
    ... Bill Creek. Douglas fir, coastal redwood, oak woodland and savannah, open grasslands, rare serpentine communities ... Hart, as well as the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District tried without ... the property, removing trash and junk, repairing erosion sites, re-building roads, doing extensive re-forestation, and ...

  • Saviour tree turns scourge in Kenya 24 Nov 2009 18:07 GMT
    ... is becoming a pest on farmland in parts of Kenya [NAIROBI] A tree ... its expansive root system, which helps bind soil and prevent erosion. is the target of a planned government ...

  • Climate Change Leaves Fisherman at Sea 24 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT
    ... of those involved in fishing and coastal agriculture - people hailing from the islands of ... while their counterparts from Orissa said that erosion was threatening their livelihood. Women from Tamil ... 200 m to 1,500 m of beach land eroded on the east coast. One testimony ...

  • Sustainable Corn Production Supports Advanced Biofuel Feedstocks 24 Nov 2009 16:15 GMT
    ... Sustainable Corn Production Supports Advanced Biofuel Feedstocks Researchers ... removing stover from the field would leave soil more vulnerable to erosion, deplete plant nutrients and accelerate the loss ...

  • Studies show using corn stover for bio-oil and biochar may be better than for cellulosic ethanol 24 Nov 2009 15:56 GMT
    ... Studies show using corn stover for bio-oil and ... removing stover from the field would leave soil more vulnerable to erosion, deplete plant nutrients and accelerate the loss ...

  • WFP Amb. Against Hunger Says Impressed With Country 24 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
    ... lands lost to degradation, conserve it against erosion, undertake nitrogen fixation, among others. Places that ... to more Sustainable Livelihoods through Partnerships and Land Users' Solidarity (MERET-PLUS). This focuses on managing ... of check dams built to hold back soil, stop run off water and flood damages, ...

  • Cochrans and conservation 24 Nov 2009 10:37 GMT
    ... Conservation Award Nov. 17 at the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District's annual meeting held ... honors farmers who exhibit an excellence in land stewardship through extensive use of conservation practices. ... noticed his land was conducive to soil erosion and decided to implement conservation practices to ...

  • Special Report | Part Two: Rush to finish barrier at Howard Hanson Dam before heavy rains 24 Nov 2009 08:55 GMT
    ... County officials fear water will flood over the ... abutment near the dam. Was water washing soil away within the abutment? The corps began ... was built, not by piping — internal erosion caused by a leak that can lead ...

  • Fewer glaciers = more deserts 24 Nov 2009 06:54 GMT
    ... glaciers could lead to increased desertification and land degradation BISHKEK, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - ... disappeared... The result could be desertification and soil degradation," she said. According to Bakyta Mamytova, ... increasing desertification. The result would be soil erosion which "could affect living standards, the economy ...

  • Commissioner calls for protest via tractor 24 Nov 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... when they approved $100,000 for the district's farmland preservation program. In addition to administering farmland ... to administering farmland preservation, the district provides soil erosion, nutrient management, environmental education and other agricultural ...

  • Nation by nation, evidence thin that boosting crop yields conserves land 23 Nov 2009 23:13 GMT
    ... who reviewed 35 years of data on cropland use by nation. Revving up yields so ... accompanied a drop in land used for agriculture nationwide in only 34 of 161 countries, ... lands can benefit the ecosystem by reducing erosion, providing wildlife habitat and sequestering carbon. Data ...

  • Mount Vernon sets public hearing on tree preservation ordinance 23 Nov 2009 20:33 GMT
    ... Hicks said the proposed ordinance should benefit the ... the rush of storm water; they anchor soil and prevent erosion. This adds up to cleaner water supplies. ...

  • Research and Markets: Analyzing the Indian Biofuel Industry - Now Available 23 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT
    ... Oil Imports & Ensuring Energy Security -- Improvement in Overall Social Well-Being -- Decreasing Soil Erosion & Land Degradation, Increasing Soil Nutrition -- Benefiting from the Fuel Properties of Biofuels -- Petroleum-based ...

  • ISU launches new Soil Management and Environment Web site 23 Nov 2009 16:16 GMT
    ... ISU launches new Soil Management and Environment Web site By Mahdi ... management tools are available, including residue and erosion calculators and other decision-making tools. The materials ...

  • Impoverished living conditions despite new settlement policy after the genocide in Rwanda 23 Nov 2009 16:12 GMT
    ... - The greatest problem is that the agricultural land has not been redistributed, which means that ... fertilizers, water supply and activities to prevent erosion, electrification of the countryside, a focus on ...


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