The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: UNFCC Int, Collapse of Agriculture, Question time for Heads of State Questions: Ecosystem management and the ecosystem adaptation, can you comment something on that, whether climate-smart is to heavy on the technology side? What disturbs us greatly at the ...
Read More »Roger Godwin Talks Agriculture in South Africa
This video is very informative and interesting. Mr Roger Godwin, a project and environmental researcher has an endlessly interesting pool of knowledge stored in his cranium. Mr Godwin talks to us initially about the rights farmers used to have to their mineral rights. Where agriculture used to be fairly ...
Read More »VETIRINARY DR. PETER ARDINGTON DISCUSSES ECOSYSTEM REHABILITATION
Pristine is relative to what type of ecosystem is in place at the time. The Sahara desert used to be a high rainfall area with jungle and as the rainfall dropped it became a desert. Does one now say that if it starts to come back we must start shoveling ...
Read More »A Key Challenge and “Urgent” Need to Replenish the Arable Soils of Africa!
At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land ...
Read More »Managing Livestock Impacts Under Agriculture | Part 2
In this panel discussion on Methane Emissions in Livestock and Managing the Impacts, various speakers address a variety of subjects like agricultural practices, livestock products, etc and answer questions from the floor at COP 22, Marrakech. Alexandre Berndt, EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), answers an audience member’s questions on our ...
Read More »Solutions for Restoring Functional Ecosystems ~ Organics, Soil Carbon and more….
Mother Channels interviews soil scientist, Christopher Martius, (Principal Scientist Climate Change, CIFOR) on the possibility of nurturing soil microbes to sequester carbon, at COP 22, Marrakech. In destroying ecosystems, e.g. cutting down forests and managing agricultural soils unsustainably, the globe has been losing a significant quantity of soil carbon over ...
Read More »Stuart Scott – United Planet Faith + Science Initiative – Food and Climate Change
Stuart Scott (Executive Director of UPFSI) heads up a presentation at COP 22 on the food and climate change choices, food security and the impacts of climate change on food production. They cover quite a bit in terms of animal extinction and food security or rather food insecurity as climate ...
Read More »SOILS OF AFRICA ~ SOIL CARBON AND HEALTH WITH PROF. RATTAN LAL
At COP 22 Agriculture Day – Science to Action presentation, Prof. Rattan Lal of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre at Ohio State University, speaks on the Sustainable Management of Soil Carbon and Soil Health in Africa and the establishment of soil thresholds in the root zone of Africa. In ...
Read More »CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA ~ USAID ROB BERTRAM
At COP 22 Agriculture Day – Science to Action presentation, Dr Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist at USAID Bureau for Food Security, speaks on Adapting to Climate Change in Africa : from Science to Farmers. Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Kingdom of Morocco in raising the profile “Agriculture” in ...
Read More »CLIMATE IMPACTS AFRICA – AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADAPTATION
COP 22 Agriculture – Science to Action ~ FAO Dep. Director and Coordinator for Natural Resources – Climate Change Impacts in Africa. Maria Helena Semedo (FAO Deputy Director) explained that Agriculture should be “considered a solution and not a threat”, adding that FAO’s work on climate change is aimed at ...
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