Monday, 2 June 2014

Change the world, beat desertification!!


Desertification is a global issue impacting on millions people. The news has recently shown that negative effects from desertification can even kill people in extreme cases. Please check out the new article links below:

Tehran engulfed by massive dust storm

Deadly dust storm engulfs Tehran




Please help us save lives and begin to reduce this phenomenon that causes so much damage. Comment below with a current strategy that is used to reduce desertification...

19 comments:

  1. People use a row of trees to form a wind barrier to protect crops.-Rory

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  2. Machines are being developed to irrigate the soil

    Website with more detail: http://www.savoryinstitute.com/science/the-desertification-crisis/existing-desertification-solutions/

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  3. for each tree they cut down they plant three more-Beth

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  4. Resting the land by reducing or removing livestock.

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  5. Plant extra plants as well as crops to decrease land size : less land to become desertified - Jack

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  6. Controlling population growth

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  7. Build houses underground and live there!!! ^^

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  8. There are some great ideas that are very good options. What other solutions are people around our globe using?

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  9. use a compost heap to degrade food so they can use the broken down materials as sustainable healthy soil

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  10. Some farmers now use the method of rotating the paddocks when dealing with livestock. This involves moving the cows to a new paddock every 1-2 days so the grass gets time to re-grow before the cows come back.

    Morgan

    PS. no-one steal my idea
    Morgan

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  11. In China grids of straw squares are being placed on the deserts, which are able to grow hardy types of grass, thusly stabilizing the desert.

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  12. In humid areas, damaged Eco-systems can repair themselves given enough time without human disturbances. This works because Cattle eat plant matter and humans rely on water and fertile land to grow their food. As this happens the soil starts to become solid and infertile which moves people on. Now farmers notice when the dirt they move their Cattle to other places allowing the ground to repair itself before the farmers come back.

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  13. Some people have found out that certain types of rock can be used as a fertilizer to help vegetation grow

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  14. ROTATING THE PADDOCKS, Planting new trees in strategic locations, Trees for wind barriers,

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  15. Some countries use tumbleweed robots that gain data in desertified areas, Grazing, agricultural use, climate change, and a whole other problems that causes main issues. It also, measure temperature, rainfall, humidity, and even take soil samples. With this robot they were able to finnd out that 12 million hectares of land that become desert every year.

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  16. You could make everything windproof and sandproof

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  17. A solution for desertification that already exists is using fire to remove dead material. Using it to eliminate dead plants lets new plants grow, but isn't the best solution that is available as it also destroys soil over a time period.

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  18. a solution used is mass replanting trees along the borders of deserts

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  19. a solution is to educate the farmers about sustainable farming

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