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Fighting against desertification.

Post by Zmeselo » 17 Jun 2021, 10:57



Desertification and Drought Day

GENERAL

https://shabait.com/2021/06/17/desertif ... ought-day/

Jun 17, 2021



Message from Ministry of Agriculture

Desertification and Drought Day – known as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought before 2020 – is observed every year to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification. The day is a unique moment to remind everyone that reversing land degradation is achievable through problem-solving, strong community involvement, and cooperation at all levels.

In 2021, the goal of Desertification and Drought Day is to demonstrate that investing in healthy land as part of a green recovery is a smart economic decision – not just in terms of creating jobs and rebuilding livelihoods, but in terms of insulating economies against future crises caused by climate change and nature loss, and in accelerating progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals as we recover from COVID-19.

The 2021 Desertification and Drought Day on 17 June will focus on turning degraded land into healthy land. Restoring degraded land brings economic resilience, creates jobs, raises incomes, and increases food security. It helps biodiversity to recover. It locks away the atmospheric carbon warming the Earth, slowing climate change. It can also lessen the impacts of climate change and underpin a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly three quarters of the Earth’s ice-free land has been altered by humans to meet an ever-growing demand for food, raw materials, highways, and homes. Fixing damaged ecosystems mitigates against climate change and bolsters nature’s defences against disasters and extreme weather events such as wildfires, droughts, floods, and sand and dust storms. Restoring natural landscapes reduces close contact between wildlife and human settlements, creating a natural buffer against zoonotic diseases.

Avoiding, slowing, and reversing the loss of productive land and natural ecosystems now is both urgent and important for a swift recovery from the pandemic and for guaranteeing the long-term survival of people and the planet.

Land restoration can contribute greatly to post-COVID19 economic recovery. Investing in land restoration creates jobs and generates economic benefits, and could provide livelihoods at a time when hundreds of millions of jobs are being lost.


Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary
Smart land-based restoration initiatives would be particularly helpful for women and youth, who are often the last to receive help in times of crises. As we enter the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, we have a real chance to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic. If countries can restore the nearly 800 million hectares of degraded land they have pledged to restore by 2030, we can safeguard humanity and our planet from the looming danger,
adds Mr. Thiaw.
The COVID19 pandemic has reinforced just how much we need our forests, drylands, wetlands and other land ecosystems: for food, for the green economy, for eco-tourism, as a buffer against extreme climate events. In Costa Rica, our unique tropical forests are a limited and precious natural resource that we cannot neglect. On Desertification and Drought Day, I urge us all to push hard to restore our lands. We all have a role to play because we all have a stake in our planet’s future.
Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

Eritrea’s context

Eritrea’s geographical location makes it prone to adverse effects of drought and desertification. This challenge is also aggravated by various man-made interferences like tree cutting for firewood and agricultural expansion; overgrazing and so on. Moreover, its landscape exposes the land to erosion and land degradation. Consequently, conserving soil and water has been one of the top priorities in the country’s national agricultural strategy. Since independence, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) has invested its considerable resources and mobilized the general community into rehabilitating degraded land and constructing various water reservoirs.

According to reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, so far a total of 257,000 hectares of land has been treated with different kinds of structures and around 4.5 million cubic meters of check-dams constructed by different popular campaigns. Moreover, around 785 water-holding structures have also been constructed since Eritrea’s Independence.

The reports note that the National Greening Campaign which was launched in 2006 has made a great contribution in growing a culture of tree planting and soil and water conservation within communities. Since then, around 45 million tree seedlings have been planted in catchments, along roadsides, schools, public spaces, and on the grounds of different government and religious institutions.

To reduce the effects of drought and desertification, Eritrea focuses on the following areas:

• Reinforcing community-based development activities to enhance land productivity
• Constructing all kinds of water holding structures to improve agricultural productivity
• Installing alternative energy sources to minimize tree cutting
• Raising awareness of the public on environment conservation in general and tree planting and soil and water conservation in particular
• Fostering international and regional engagements through pragmatic initiatives

Ministry of Agriculture,
Asmara,
17 June 2021




Before it is too late
As the land gets naked,
Our future is doomed,
Yet, the solution is at hand,
But we need to stand,
Not to lament,
But to replace the lost
The trees and the soil,
Behold, they are tolling the bell
Listen, they have a message to tell
For we rely on them.
They are showing us the time.
As the land gets naked,
Our future is doomed.
What then?
Shall we up with passion and set a system,
To brighten our days a shelter from shame,
Build a house but inside the home,
Let’s step up with passion and set a system,
Let’s do it, before it is too late.






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Danakali Says Tests Prove Predictable, High-Grade Potassium Sulfate Production at Colluli

June 17, 2021

By Jaime Llinares Taboada

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/danak ... 1623915532

Danakali Ltd. said Thursday that tests for its Colluli potassium sulfate project in Eritrea prove predictable high-grade production at low chloride levels.

The group, which owns the project through a 50-50 partnership with the Eritrean National Mining Corporation, said an optimized-process plant design significantly reduces capital expenditure, operating costs and maintenance costs.
Every study has increased our certainty that Colluli is the asset that will dominate the SOP (potassium sulfate) industry and change agriculture for the better in Eritrea, across Africa and beyond,
Executive Chairman Seamus Cornelius said.

Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at [email protected]; @JaimeLlinaresT

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Re: Fighting against desertification.

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In loving memory of late veteran fighter, Amb. Araia Desta, members of the Embassy of Eritrea & the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to AU and UNECA held a memorial service for his dedication & service to his country and people. @FnanDesta @zerai_habtom @biniamb @Hagerawnet
Embassy of The State of Eritrea Addis Ababa: @ERIEMBAET


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Post by Zmeselo » 17 Jun 2021, 15:48

National General Examination, commences

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Asmara, 17 June 2021- Grade 8 National General Examination has commenced Yesterday, 16 June.

According to Mr. Dini Mohammed, from the Ministry of Education, the exam is being conducted in 5 subjects and will continue until 18 June.

Mr. Dini also said that the exam is being conducted in 402 exam centers, as well as in the Eritrean community school in the Sudan, in which over 50 thousand students- 47.2% females are participating.

The participants include students who have completed grade eight, as well as members of the Eritrean Defense Forces, who have been attending evening schools.

It is to be recalled, that last year the National Examination has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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Re: Fighting against desertification.

Post by Zmeselo » 17 Jun 2021, 16:00

Support to families of martyrs

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Asmara, 17 June 2021- The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare branch in the Central region reported that from 2004 to 2020, over 1 billion and 430 thousand Nakfa has been disbursed in support of families of martyrs.

Mr. Tedros Fesehaye, head of Social Welfare branch in the region, said that on top of the Government’s regular financial support to families of martyrs, nationals inside the country and abroad contributed about 2 million Nakfa and was disbursed to disadvantaged families.

Mr. Tedros went on to say that vocational training programs have also been organized to equip families of martyrs with skills, with a view to enable them become self-supportive and productive members of the society.

Mr. Tedros said that supporting families of martyrs is not to be left to Government only and called on every citizen to reinforce participation and contribution.


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