Soil erosion increasing global warming threat-UNEP

reuters // Reuters

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Global warming will get worse as agricultural methods accelerate the rate of soil erosion, which depletes the amount of carbon the soil is able to store, a United Nations' Environment Programme report said on Monday.

Tribal Districts Show Heavy Forest Degradation

Nikita Mehta

India’s forest cover decreased by 367 square kilometers between 2007 and 2009, and it was primarily tribal and hilly regions that were to blame, according to the biennial forest survey released last week by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

NASA

SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

distribution of the major potential biofuel crops in china

Submitted by yabonancygaoc on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 23:21

Luckily, the legend is color coded, and this makes my job so much easier.

the red are the areas filled with sugarcane residue

the green are th emajor rice huck production places

the yellow are the main production places for corn cobs

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