This week in ENN, Jason Sole covers the emerging drought crisis here in Cape Town, in reality the first major city to potentially face no water with a population of 3.7million. Also talks about Trumps actions against the EPA and the emergence of the new trend of cyber poaching. The ...
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 »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 ...
Read More »COP 22 IUCN Making adaptation effective through ecosystems based approaches
This side event will provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) offers. The panelists will deliberate on the role of ecosystems as ‘natural’ adaptation infrastructure and assess the effectiveness of investing into EbA for enhancing the resilience of communities & ecosystems.
Read More »COP 22 IFAD INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
COP 22 IFAD INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Three quarters of the poorest people in the world live in the rural areas of developing countries. Most of them depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Climate change, a growing global population, and volatile food and energy prices have the potential to push ...
Read More »Interview with Prof Mohammed Boulif of National School of Agriculture, Morocco
In an exclusive interview with Mother Channel, at COP 22 conference, Professor Mohammed Boulif, Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Protection, National School of Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco, speaks on his focus of bringing students to understand farmers’ practices to control plant diseases in order to be able to change ...
Read More »COP 22 The Role Of Farmers In The Implementation Of The Paris Agreement Part 1
Farmers’ role in building Climate Smart Agriculture through Scientific Agriculture,Soil Health,Water Harvesting,Micro Irrigation.It showcases approaches & capacity support to strengthen citizens’ role in implementing INDCs at national level & promotes best practices-Haiti to tackle climate change.
Read More »COP 22 Methane Emissions in Livestock ~ Managing Impacts
A Q&A Discussion Panel of experts from Uruguay, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil, address the issues of mitigation impacts in livestock production systems and share how they are managing their measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems in terms of livestock emissions and to identify practical innovations for the collection ...
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