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1 day ago · These divots can then be used to plant various species where they will be sustained by the captured water. Do this enough times over a barren landscape, and with a little rain, formerly dead land ...
18 hours ago · By Sr. Francine-Marie Cooper, ISSM. In a letter sent on Friday to Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Pope Francis extended his greetings to “the representatives of International and National Institutions, and to all the participants commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel.”
18 hours ago · SOIL serves as the foundation of life on our planet, yet the demands humans place on this vital resource are rapidly approaching critical thresholds. The cost of land degradation due to poor soil health is estimated to be between USD 850 and 1,400 per year for every individual, with a global cost of US$6.3 to 10.6 trillion annually.
18 hours ago · Transformative change in primary food production is urgently needed in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss. Although there are a growing number of studies aimed at global policymaking ...
1 day ago · The idea is to take degraded land and restore it to life, creating a green band across the breadth of Africa which would resist the spread of desertification to the south. Intended to span the continent from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east, it was originally intended to be 15 kilometers wide and a full 7,775 kilometers long.
18 hours ago · They plant their crops under the trees for shade. Then they market things like sheer nuts into sheer butter that we all buy for our fabulous moisturisers. That income goes back into the community.
18 hours ago · West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).
