Agriculture

Dryland opportunities: a new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development

This latest IUCN paper presents a vision for drylands that makes their sustainable development a global responsibility. Focuses on maximizing the opportunities that exist for sustainable dryland development and empowerment of local people at national and international levels.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Michael Mortimore
IUCN
Tags:
Grasslands, Ecosystem Services, Land Degradation, Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Livestock, Trees, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Biofuel, Carbon Sinks, Climate Adaptation, Farmers, Energy, India, Global, Crops
Land

China to stop Tibet desertification by 10

Authorities in China aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and overgrazing, state media said on Thursday
Desertification is spreading by 98,000 acres annually in Tibet, an official at the regional forestry bureau was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency

Publication Date: 
19/06/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Grasslands, Grazing Lands, Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Mining, Deforestation, China
Climate Change

The natural fix?: the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation

Large cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases are needed if we are to avoid the worst effects of global climate change. This rapid assessment report describes the vital contributions which ecosystems can and must make to improve these efforts.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
& et al, Kate Trumper, Monika Bertzky, Barney Dickson
UNEP
Tags:
Ecosystems, Grasslands, Marine Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Land Use, Tropical Agriculture, Tropical Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity
Climate Change

Convenient solutions to an inconvenient truth: ecosystem-based approaches to climate change

This latest World Bank document stresses on the inclusion of ecosystem-based approaches to national and regional adaptation strategies. It points out that access to funds will help communities to address climate change at all levels.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Ecosystems, Grasslands, Wetlands, Mangroves, Tank Irrigation, Forest Management, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Offset, National Parks, Biodiversity Conservation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Global
Biodiversity

Gando Baval an invasive alien species' in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: The prosopis juliflora better known as gando baval, which is claimed to have destroyed the Banni grassland in Kutch has been marked an invasive alien species on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day on Friday.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Grasslands, Rann Of Kutch, Crop Pests, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, Gujarat
Agriculture

Grassland, the future of agriculture

In a new book, experts have explained why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Grasslands, Agriculture, United States Of America (US)
Air Pollution

Rules to Limit Emissions in the Making of Ethanol

The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed rules to limit emissions of climate-changing gases from the manufacture of ethanol, a step that would probably curtail the expansion of corn ethanol production.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2009
Matthew L. Wald
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Grasslands, Forests, Agriculture, Bio Fuel Crops, Carbon Dioxide, Ethanol, Green House Gases, Renewable Energy, Biofuel, Fossil Fuels, United States Of America (US)
Biodiversity

Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss after eutrophication

Human activities have increased the availability of nutrients in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In grasslands, this eutrophication causes loss of plant species diversity, but the mechanism of this loss has been difficult to determine.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Yann Hautier, Pascal A. Niklaus, Andy Hector
Science
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Tags:
Grasslands, Eutrophication, Biodiversity, Plant Biodiversity
Climate Change

Grasslands: enabling their potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation

Grasslands occupy about half of the emerged ice free world, make up approximately 70 percent of the world

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
FAO
Tags:
Grasslands, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Carbon Sequestration
Environment

Grassland ecosystem and grazing policy

In the food web, herbivores are established to play an important role in maintaining the ecological health of an ecosystem by consuming a sizeable quantity of available vegetation. With the evolution of biodiversity conservation theory, grazing and browsing of herbivores has been generally treated as an unsustainable practice for long-term conservation of wild flora.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2009
Chandra Prakash Kala
Current Science
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Tags:
Environment, Grasslands, Forests, Grazing Lands, Livestock, Protected Area Conservation, India, Ecosystems

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