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  Read at : http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/1577-before-the-next-drought-wreaks-havoc Before The Next Drought Wreaks Havoc By Jutta Wolf | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – The growing intensity, frequency and duration of droughts worldwide is a source of acute anxiety to secretariat of UN ...
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  Read at : http://www.trust.org/item/20130509113916-vklma/?source=hptop Scientists struggling to put land degradation into SDGs Author: SciDev.Net – Jan Piotrowski Lack of data and poor communication by scientists may be keeping land degradation and desertification off the sustainable development agenda, experts ...
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• Looking forward on Memorial Park

  
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  Meet Shellye Arnold , the new Executive Director of the Memorial Park Conservancy . Shellye Arnold There is no doubt that it is a pivotal moment for the 89-year old-park. Decimated by the drought of 2011, Memorial Park lost thousands of trees. The conservancy – whose stated mission is to “restore, ...
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• Drought, Rainstorms Affect Millions across CHINA

  
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  Global Disasters/ Significant Events – Sunday 12  May 2013 Drought Affecting 3.58 Million Hectares of Farmland Scorching drought in China’s western and central regions has affected at least 3.58 million hectares of farmland, drought relief authorities said. “Affected land used to grow crops totaled 2.13 ...
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• Special Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – Gifts that make a Difference

  
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  Jewelry from Bali from the Mala Collective Gifts from the heart come in all shapes, sizes and wrappings. Those that give back hold a special place in my heart. Even though by the time you read this the gifts have probably been given, as today is Mother’s Day, there are still “gift” ideas that you – or she ...
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• Drought: Before The Next Drought Wreaks Havoc

  
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  By Jutta Wolf | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - The growing intensity, frequency and duration of droughts worldwide is a source of acute anxiety to secretariat of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which was agreed in the aftermath of the severe drought in the Sahel in the 1970s and 1980s and ...
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• USDA sees farmers harvesting record-large corn, soy crops

  
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  U.S. farmers will produce record-large corn and soybean crops this year, providing a much-needed supply to replenish dangerously low stockpiles, the Agriculture Department said on Friday. The monster crops bode well for consumers as well as livestock and ethanol producers who suffered through the 2012 drought, the ...
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• From Kenya, Bearing Testimony and Honoring Story

  
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  We have come to Kenya to hear our brothers and sisters bear witness to the ways environmental degradation and recent changes in the climate are harming them. Their testimony is disturbing and compelling. We are privileged to hear their stories, and honored by their trust in us as bearers of the message that they and ...
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• Wyden, Merkley seek emergency grazing in drought-stricken southern Oregon

  
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  U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have asked the USDA to extend emergency grazing of cattle on federal land in drought-stricken southeastern Oregon counties. In a letter dated May 9, the Oregon Democrats wrote that this years drought has created "disastrous conditions" for southeastern Oregon farmers and ...
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• Drought worsens in New Mexico; no relief in sight

  
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  Major stretches of river have already gone dry, farmers are leaving their land fallow, and cities are clamping down on water use, but things in New Mexico just went from bad to worse Thursday. The latest map from federal forecasters shows exceptional drought has spread from a quarter of New Mexico to nearly 40 ...
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• Onslaught of cows

  
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  For the few Kansans who havent noticed the poor condition of Kansas parched prairie, loiter in Samples Salina livestock market on sale day. With some of his territory entering into a third year of drought, hes seeing an onslaught of cows grace the sale ring as ranchers bring in what remains of their already ...
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• Your subway tile Best Guide For How To Get The Most Out Of Home Improvement

  
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  Your subway tile Best Guide For How To Get The Most Out Of Home Improvement You can learn how to perform plenty of different repairs in your home. Perhaps you just can’t see paying someone else to do it, or maybe you feel more comfortable with your own workmanship. No matter why you’re taking on a project, ...
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• While buying new shoes for #4 Sprog @Walmart

  
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  A.K.A. The Meganator.  She has worn her athletic shoes to the inner sole, so we stopped at Walmart to get her a new pair of shoes.  As always I stop in the sporting goods department where I find they have been stocked up on .45 ACP.  They had 8 boxes and a two box limit so I grabbed myself 2 boxes.  Walmart is ...
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• The Stream, May 9: Draft EPA Budget to Cut Water Quality Testing

  
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  A proposal in President Barack Obama’s draft 2014 budget would cut the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Beach Grant Program . Critics, NBC4 reported, argue that people will be less informed about unhealthy ocean water if the $US 10 million cut is imposed. Yemeni Crisis In a dispatch from Taiz, Yemen, ...
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• Drought eases, but western Iowa still dry

  
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  Iowa’s drought continued to ease through Tuesday, leaving less than 42 percent of the state either abnormally dry or in drought. The drought now is limited to western Iowa counties, mostly the northwest corner but also running down the Missouri River Valley a bit. The areas considered dry or in drought dropped 12 ...
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• California Shrub: Western Redbud

  
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  These were the blossoms on the Western Redbud a few months ago, before the leaves appeared. This is what it looks like now. Western (or Californ ia) Redbud Pea family Usually a shrub 7 to 18 feet high. Leaves are round and heart shaped, winter deciduous Bright purple flowers appear in ...
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• USDA declares disaster area in northwest Iowa

  
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  The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Plymouth and Sioux counties in northwest Iowa as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. “Our hearts go out to those Iowa farmers and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom ...
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• Rainfall totals from Wichita area’s overnight thunderstorms

  
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  Raise your hand if you were awakened by the thunderstorms early Wednesday morning in the Wichita metropolitan area. I know I wasn’t alone. Here’s a map showing rainfall totals as of 7 a.m. It was created by the Wichita branch of the National Weather Service. Officially, Wichita recorded .58 of an inch from ...
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• Featured video: How climate change is messing with the jetstream

  
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  Weather patterns around the globe are getting weirder and weirder: heat waves and record snow storms in Spring, blasts of Arctic air followed by sudden summer, record deluges and then drought.
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• Rain is Good Thing for Lawn Care Companies

  
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  WSIL — Tuesday’s sunshine is good news for local lawn care companies. They’re able to get out for mowing and landscaping, which has been hampered by the wet spring. Whether it’s mowing, or spraying, a break in the rain means lawn care services are out in full force. “Very busy today. A little bit backed ...
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