http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/desertification 2008-10-29T09:38:04Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49795-increased-desertification-of-turkey-s-arable-land-22-aug-08 2008-10-29T09:38:04Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M3-kUn6BXnk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M3-kUn6BXnk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49795-increased-desertification-of-turkey-s-arable-land-22-aug-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60427" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It used to be regarded as one of Turkey's best growing regions.</p> <p>However, vast sinkholes are now appearing across what was once the country's agricultural heartland.</p> <p>Drought, shrinking water levels and more thirsty crops, mean the rich arable land is literally turning to dust.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Konya, one of the region's where desertification of arable land is most evident.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49795-increased-desertification-of-turkey-s-arable-land-22-aug-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45858-niger-s-natural-wealth-exploited-16-july-08 2008-10-27T21:30:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/icG7O-laum8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/icG7O-laum8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45858-niger-s-natural-wealth-exploited-16-july-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53164" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Tuareg people of Niger struggle to maintain their nomadic way of life in the face of uranium mining, an industry run by foreign companies that many say is having devastating environmental repurcussions.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports on civilians and rebels in the uranium mining zone.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45858-niger-s-natural-wealth-exploited-16-july-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45764-desertification-threatens-niger-s-nomads-15-july-08 2008-10-27T21:29:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vhrWCGIlku4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vhrWCGIlku4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45764-desertification-threatens-niger-s-nomads-15-july-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53029" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The effects of global warming can be starkly seen in the Sahara desert, where Niger is one of the countries most vulnerable.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports from the country, where she found a bedouin tribe fighting possible extinction.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45764-desertification-threatens-niger-s-nomads-15-july-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37700-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part1 2008-10-22T09:30:19Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g6OthaeoxCM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g6OthaeoxCM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37700-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42494" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iraqi filmmaker Ghaith Abdul-Ahad returns to Baghdad where anger and desperation appear at every turn; </p> <p>Abdel-Karim Sekkar reports on the new omanisation policy in Oman;</p> <p>People & Power shows how a group people are fighting desertification in Burkina Faso.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37700-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37699-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part2 2008-10-22T09:30:19Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kR9d10enI5E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kR9d10enI5E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37699-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42493" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iraqi filmmaker Ghaith Abdul-Ahad returns to Baghdad where anger and desperation appear at every turn; </p> <p>Abdel-Karim Sekkar reports on the new omanisation policy in Oman;</p> <p>People & Power shows how a group people are fighting desertification in Burkina Faso</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37699-people-power-the-other-side-of-surge-04-may-08-part2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6717-afghan-camels-at-the-desert-s-mercy-18-june-07 2008-10-14T21:29:48Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/szYsNMxG53M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/szYsNMxG53M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6717-afghan-camels-at-the-desert-s-mercy-18-june-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5997" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In twenty years the amount of desert in southern Afghanistan has doubled as a result of man-made activity, forcing Afghan camels to walk for miles across the arid landscape to find water.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6717-afghan-camels-at-the-desert-s-mercy-18-june-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6514-desertification-erodes-mongolian-livelihoods-11-jul-07 2008-10-15T03:29:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ivcMMPzmKkY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ivcMMPzmKkY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6514-desertification-erodes-mongolian-livelihoods-11-jul-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5794" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>What was once lush pasture, farmed by nomadic tribesmen for centuries, has now been eradicated by desertification. In thirty years, sands that have blown across Mongolia by seasonal wind, have eaten more than two million hectares of Mongolian grassland. Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng, discovers why, for many Mongolians, the traditional way of life is no longer possible.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6514-desertification-erodes-mongolian-livelihoods-11-jul-07">Watch the video</a>