Kenya suffers worst locust infestation in 70 years as millions of insects swarm farmland
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/26/kenya-suffers-worst-locust-infestation-in-70-years-as-millions-of-insects-swarm-farmland
Australian bushfires reveal ancient aquatic system older than the pyramids
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/21/asia/budj-bim-australia-bushfire-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Academic Articles and Books on Rainwater Harvesting
Articles In chronological order Growing trees on farms in post-soviet Kyrgyzstan faces significant obstacles but there are ways to overcome them: first
Rainwater harvesting techniques
How to build: Bore well water recharge What is a borewell recharge?: http://www.developmentlogics.com/blog/the-benefits-of-bore-well-recharge-technology-you-must-know/ – Indiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nYI89cLyI [Hindi/English] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NliixNvK-vghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wN18GpSA1M [Hindi]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-nYI89cLyI [Hindi]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-J5Sy1RRdM (www.srdsindia.org) Boulder check
Declining and polluted groundwater
Water scarcity clock: https://worldwater.io/ A global overview of the water crisis affecting many countries and how they are finding ways to tackle
Organisations supporting rainwater harvesting projects
Africa Sand Dam Foundationhttps://www.facebook.com/asdfKenya/ Our mission is to enable rural communities to conserve soil and water by building sand dams, digging terraces,
Rainwater harvesting around the world
Australia ‘From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture’ [28.07.2019] New South Wales: Inspired by Charles Massy’s best-selling book “Call of the Reed
Rainwater harvesting in Ethiopia
In chronological order: 2019 Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in 12 hours [30.07.2019] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3mS8_JmUlQ International Livestock Research Institute: Celebrating Ethiopia’s
Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy
Full Report: https://www.undp.org/content/dam/ethiopia/docs/Ethiopia%20CRGE.pdf Addis Ababa, November 2011 The Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy contains Ethiopia’s vision and strategy to achieve a
Ethiopia’s 2015-2016 drought
“West Africa was gripped by the unrelenting hand of famine. Its arid breath whispered over the land, blighting the crops and blistering
