Showing posts with label Resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Resources. Show all posts
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
"New Deal for global food policy"
Rocketing global food prices are causing acute problems of hunger and malnutrition in poor countries and have put back the fight against poverty by seven years, the World Bank said yesterday...click here to read.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Food Supply - China
Friday, January 04, 2008
Saturday, November 03, 2007
The price of food
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Oil prices soar to $92 per barrel
Click on the image above to read article on the current price of oil.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Briny future for vulnerable Malta
Read about how climate change will affect Malta's future ability to supply freshwater to its population. click on the image to read the story.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Recycling websites
Recycling general:
End of Life Directive - vehicles 1
End of Life Directive - vehicles 2
NEDDC Policies:
Derbyshire County Council:
Tyre Recycling:
Paper recycling:
Plastic Recycling:
Glass recycling:
Landfills
Incinerators
Soil Erosion & Forests
Fossil fuels
Alternative Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html (Hydro Power)
Jatropha bean diesel - D1 plan (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel (bio diesel)
Jatropha bean diesel in India (bio diesel)
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Food Aid
World Food Programme website - this has lots of information and examples of Food Aid projects...both for humanitarian reasons and longer-term development aid projects.
Flood relief reaches Tana River - Kenya
WFP food makes a difference in Haiti's AIDS battle
Taking refuge in Namibia: Congolese and Angolans wait for calm
Pakistan quake: from emergency to recovery
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Banana Wars
To complete the research into the 'Banana Wars' use the Population, Resources and Development textbook...pages 138-140. in addition there are some other useful links from georpahyalltheway.com listed below.
Useful Links
Guardian Unlimited Feature - Banana Wars
Forbes.com Article - 'Banana Wars Come To An End'
PBS.com - The Banana Wars and the WTO
Caribbean Banana Exporters Association
The Lome Convention: Has it changed anything within the ACP Countries
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
3rd World FarmerTuesday, December 12, 2006
Agriculture - Niger
Villages On The Frontline: Niger
Villages On The Frontline visits Niger this week to look at how it is dealing with the battle against an advancing desert. Villages such as Limandi have been abandoned to the dunes and represent the classic image of desertification. Despite a major drought, this film shows how some villagers are re-greening their farms and pastures.(Duration: 30 minutes)
Friday 15th December at 2030
Repeated: Saturday 16th December at 0630; Monday 18th December at 1030;
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Appropriate Technology
Husking machine used by women in Fangolimbi, southeast Senegal...click here.
The Malaian peanut sheller...click here.
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