"Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem."
Une #planète vivante (4/4) | #Terre | #ARTE
À mesure que le #climat change, les systèmes #naturels autrefois stables sont plongés dans le chaos. Les invasions d'insectes détruisent les surfaces agricoles, les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes et les #inondations frappent les champs de plus en plus fréquemment. En #Amazonie et dans les grandes plaines d' #Amérique, des #agriculteurs s’attellent à prendre soin de leurs #terres
Today's topic.... #movies
Only in second place in the last vote
But we all love movies, don't we?
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Post your favorite movie
One that you have seen many times
That you like to watch again and again
Or just a movie that holds a special place in your heart for some reason
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Now that #Dune2 is already out, having missed the remake of #Dune: Part One due to #Pandemic, I'm reminded of the original Dune movie. It is definitely one of the best #SciFi movies of all times (if you have read the original saga 😉.)
Its relevance has even increased:
foreign invasion and domination, guerilla warfare + religious wars, #desertification,...
In about 1/3 of the 542 aquifers where researchers were able to analyze several decades of data, they found that depletion has been more severe in the 21st century than in the last 20 years. In most cases, it’s happening in places that have received less rainfall over time. Aquifers located in drylands with large farm industries, places such as northern Mexico, parts of Iran & southern California, are particularly vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion. #Water https://apnews.com/article/groundwater-depletion-aquifer-drought-water-agriculture-591dca73469eff4ceeff72442bc2c2c6
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being 👉depleted across the world👈, and in 👉many places faster than in the past 40 years👈, according to a new study that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion."
"Forests precede civilizations, deserts follow them."
"Europe's soils are disappearing. 32% of #Spain is either very highly or highly affected by #desertification. This indicates the magnitude of the problem that confronts us." (source Peter Dynes) #soil#erosion#climatechange
[La Libre] - L'#Onu alerte sur un problème en forte augmentation qui "crée des ravages" à travers le monde.
Le #sirocco, le haboob, la poussière jaune, les tempêtes blanches ou encore l’#harmattan ou la #calima : Selon l’endroit, elles portent des noms divers et presque poétiques. Mais les #TempêtesDeSable et de poussière constituent un véritable fléau.
"Globally, up to 40% of #land is now degraded, according to the #UNCCD."
It's time to stop using what we have already converted in ways that degrade it further, and perhaps stop converting what is still well protected. #landuse#erosion#food#climatechange#desertification
"Draining of Kakhovka Reservoir may lead to desertification of southern Ukraine
The draining of the Kakhovka Reservoir as a result of the Russian Federation blowing up the hydroelectric dam may exacerbate the trend towards desertification in the south of Ukraine.
The drainage of the territories will affect the food system in the future, Vladyslav Dudar, an officer of the Environmental Safety and Demining Department of the Ministry of Defence, said"
The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture.
Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former Ivory Coast defence minister who led last year’s UN Cop15 summit on desertification, said the effects of drought were taking hold more rapidly than expected.
“Climate change is a pandemic that we need to fight quickly. See how fast the degradation of the climate is going – I think it’s going even faster than we predicted,” he said. “Everyone is fixated on 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and it’s a very important target. But actually, some very bad things could happen, in terms of soil degradation, water scarcity and desertification, way before 1.5C.”
The problems of rising temperatures, #heatwaves and more intense #droughts and #floods, were endangering food security in many regions, Donwahi said. “[Look at] the effects of droughts on food security, the effects of droughts on migration of population, the effect of droughts on inflation. We could have an acceleration of negative effects, other than temperature,” he said.
Poor farming practices were not helping, he said. “The degradation of soil comes with bad habits, and the way we do our agriculture will lead to degradation of the soil. When the soil is affected, the yield is affected,” he said."
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"Rich countries should look to Africa for the solutions to the climate crisis, he added. Africa enjoys many of the natural resources – from minerals required for renewable energy technology, to forests, sun and vast groundwater reserves – needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve food security and preserve biodiversity.
“Africa is a continent of solutions. It’s a continent where you have the most natural resources. The people who have the finance should help the people who have the natural resources. It’s a win-win situation, a partnership situation,” he said.
He called on Africans to seize these opportunities. “If the Africans realise that Africa is a solution, they will act differently – they will come with a more positive attitude, that you’re fighting to find solutions together. That’s how we should think – you don’t want to always be the one waiting for the help, for the handout, waiting cap in hand.”
"According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 75 percent of #Spain 's land is battling climatic conditions that could lead to #desertification, making it the European nation most threatened by the problem."
Iraq desertification almost at 70 percent (thecradle.co)
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers’ water supplies have suffered under the exclusively unilateral policies of the governments that benefit from them