Turning Deserts into Forests - it's possible !

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjXpmQ8ZVk

 

What an amazing work. Jeff Lawton is a legend.

 

We need this kind of work back home to rehabilitate the land.

 

Xoolo daqato have ruined it.

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This is amazing.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sazhRzEV2Y

 

We have a green country we can make great

[Tallaabo]

Xoola dhaqato were always part and parcel of the environment but what ruined the land is the charcoal trade.

[Mooge]

good projects niyoow. somalia is much better than that desert hellhole but its people will never do these kind of things. you should see the amount of plastic bags hanging from every tree in somalia. i was really surprised. if you go badiye you will see every tree is ruined by plastic bags. the worst environmental disaster.

 

 

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@Tallaabo

said:

Xoola dhaqato were always part and parcel of the environment but what ruined the land is the charcoal trade.

 

Xoolo dhaqato also use firewood, this term is applicable to all.

 

Overgrazing was part and parcel of our environment and that is exactly what pushed it over the edge and the reason today we have semi desert environment,

 

What has changed population has exploded thanks to modern medicine and nutrition, this is putting unheard stress on the land but xoolo dhaqato were always destructive to the land even when there were probably 20 families. it s common sense. that is why they use to have agreements to cordon off a dhaaq for one season. when you have huge herds of camels, cows, goats and sheep sweeping over the landscape, each with its own destructive niche, its bound to happen.

 

 

 

 

 

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@Mooge

said:

good projects niyoow. somalia is much better than that desert hellhole but its people will never do these kind of things. you should see the amount of plastic bags hanging from every tree in somalia. i was really surprised. if you go badiye you will see every tree is ruined by plastic bags. the worst environmental disaster.

 

Niyow, we have a poor work ethic allround. I don't know why, we like to laze around and shirk duties and meaningful work, always! Daliishaan wey usiman yihiin reer magaal iyo reer badiye ba. Fadhi ku dirir iyo shaah cabitaan kaliya usheeg dadkeena.

[Holac]

That is an amazing transformation. We need people like Jeff to champion similar projects back home.

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@Holac

said:

That is an amazing transformation. We need people like Jeff to champion similar projects back home.

 

No, we need you to champion them back home.

 

Learn from him and spread the gospel as it were.

 

Meesha halaga kaco.

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[Holac]

@xabad

said:

No, we need you to champion them back home. Learn from him and spread the gospel as it were. Meesha halaga kaco.

 

Good point.

 

 

[maakhiri1]

The camels in SOMALIA destroy far more, than the charcoal trade, which can be controlled, and most Somalis see the charcoal as negative, but love camels and unaware their devastation on the environment. I have been reading extensive reports/research, it is unbelievable.

 

The camels with the big feet and big belly,and how little most Somalis know how destructive they are, it will be decades before most Somalis realize how bad they are, and by then there will be no camels, no humans, as land will be destroyed and the only way is massive culling.

[Tallaabo]

There were far no camels in the Somali peninsula decades ago and yet the land was lush and very productive. So it is not the livestock which is responsible but the devastating deforestation which has been going on since the civil conflict began a quarter of a century ago. Basically the entire population of the former republic which is growing rapidly in size is dependent on charcoal for their fuel. The fallen trees are also not replaced to maintain supply. It is this unsustainable consumption of a very limited resource which is the chief cause of the problem.

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@Maakhiri1

said:

The camels in SOMALIA destroy far more, than the charcoal trade, which can be controlled, and most Somalis see the charcoal as negative, but love camels and unaware their devastation on the environment. I have been reading extensive reports/research, it is unbelievable.

 

The camels with the big feet and big belly,and how little most Somalis know how destructive they are, it will be decades before most Somalis realize how bad they are, and by then there will be no camels, no humans, as land will be destroyed and the only way is massive culling.

 

So true, Maakhiri.

 

Your an intellectual poster.

 

Post more.

 

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@Tallaabo

said:

There were far no camels in the Somali peninsula decades ago and yet the land was lush and very productive. So it is not the livestock which is responsible but the devastating deforestation which has been going on since the civil conflict began a quarter of a century ago. Basically the entire population of the former republic which is growing rapidly in size is dependent on charcoal for their fuel. The fallen trees are also not replaced to maintain supply. It is this unsustainable consumption of a very limited resource which is the chief cause of the problem.

 

As soon as livestock appeared on the landscape, the ecosystem was doomed and it was just matter of time before complete desertification.

 

What are witnessing now is the end stages of a long process that started with appearances of livestock on the scene.

 

decades ago and yet the land was lush

 

...and before that it was even more lush, the lushness was decreasing gradually till now you have an almost Arabian like landscape. Which is no surprise because the Rub-al-khali was formed exactly by the same process.