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Bringing soils back to life: a conversation with Deborah Bossio
No full textOn this episode of Thrive podcast, we sit down with of Dr. Deborah Bossio, the Area Director of Soils Research at the CGIAR International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Bossio has spent the last 20 years working at the nexus between soil and social sciences. Based in Kenya, she jointly leads two programs within the WLE network. One works on regenerating degraded ecosystems, the other on ecosystems services and resilience, a core theme in WLE
Transforming the global landscape
No full textRapid land transformation driven by large scale investments is one of the big trends defining this century. In a virtual briefing for the Global Donor Platform members CIAT agriculture expert Deborah Bossio dismisses the cry for more investments often heard in development circles. From her perspective a lack of investments is not the problem. The more pressing question is whether these large scale investments could be sustainable and socially inclusive. How are they going to play out in the end?
Another emerging feature, according to Bossio, is the dominance of globalization as well as foreign income and international trade as major drivers of land use change. Taking a closer look at these dynamics shows that we aim at achieving multiple goals (sustaining communities, produce goods, store carbon, protect wildlife, sustain biodiversity, ecosystem services). The landscapes approach provides a vehicle for realizing those objectives.
After outlining the reasons behind choosing landscapes approaches, Deborah rounds off with introducing specifics of CIAT’s landscapes approach.
Deborah Bossio is the director of soils research area at CIAT. She is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and has more than 15 years experience working in sustainable agriculture development research.
See the virtual briefing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sUzAC-B7
Deborah Harkness Book Talk and Signing
No full textThe Z. Smith Reynolds Library Lecture Series presents a talk and book signing by Deborah Harkness, author of the bestselling novels A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night. Deborah is a featured author at the 9th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books. Her Wake Forest appearance is co-sponsored by Bookmarks and ZSR Library as part of the Bookmarks Authors in Schools program
Author Deborah Heffernan of Bridgton describes how secret plans to have a Queen
No full textAuthor Deborah Heffernan of Bridgton describes how secret plans to have a Queen Anne bonnet-top high boy built for her husband Jack Heffernan turned into a community affair, while yet remaining a secret. The actual design and construction of the high boy fell on Bob Dunning, with the help cabinetmaker Greg Marston. Others involved on the project included Mary and Don Johnson and their sons Tom and Eric. With descriptive details of elements included in the highboy
Climate change mitigation through afforestation/reforestation: A global analysis of hydrologic impacts with four case studies
No full textThe implicit hydrologic dimensions of international efforts to mitigate climate change, specifically potential impacts of the Clean
Development Mechanism-Afforestation/Reforestation (CDM-AR) provisions of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) on global, regional and local water
cycles, are examined. The global impact of the redistribution of water use driven by agriculture and land use change, of which CDM-AR can
be a contributing factor, is a major component of ongoing global change and climate change processes. If converted to forest, large areas
deemed suitable for CDM-AR would exhibit increases in actual evapotranspiration (AET) and/or decreases in runoff. Almost 20% (144 Mha)
of all suitable land showed little or no impact on runoff and another 28% (210 Mha) showed only moderate impact. About 27% (200 Mha) was
in the highest impact class, exhibiting an 80–100% decrease in runoff, and prevalent in drier areas (based on Aridity Index (AI)), the semi-arid
tropics, and in conversion from grasslands and subsistence agriculture. Significant impacts on local hydrologic cycles were evident, however
large impacts were not predicted at regional or global scale due primarily to the current limit on carbon offset projects under the Kyoto
Protocol. Predicted decreases in runoff ranged from 54% in drier areas to less than 15% in more humid areas, based on four case studies
located across a range of biophysical conditions and project scenarios in Ecuador and Bolivia. Factors other than climate, e.g. upstream/
downstream position, were shown to be important in evaluating off-site impacts. This study demonstrates that it will become increasingly
important to consider implications on local to regional water resources, and how the hydrologic dimension of CDM-AR impacts on issues of
sustainability, local communities, and food security.status: Publishe
Replication Data for: Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils
No full textThese datasets were developed as part of an analysis of the carbon sequestration potential of increasing soil organic carbon on croplands in the top 30cm of soil. The analysis estimates the carbon sequestration in tons per hectare after 20 years under improved management, with both a “medium” and a “high” scenario on the model presented in Sommer and Bossio (2014). This analysis is described in the paper cited below:
Zomer, R.J., Bossio, D.A., Sommer, R., Verchot, L.V., 2017. Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils. Scientific Reports 7: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15794-8
The methodology is described in detail in the Supplementary Material
Replication Data for: Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils
No full textThese datasets were developed as part of an analysis of the carbon sequestration potential of increasing soil organic carbon on croplands in the top 30cm of soil. The analysis estimates the carbon sequestration in tons per hectare after 20 years under improved management, with both a “medium” and a “high” scenario on the model presented in Sommer and Bossio (2014). This analysis is described in the paper cited below:
Zomer, R.J., Bossio, D.A., Sommer, R., Verchot, L.V., 2017. Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils. Scientific Reports 7: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15794-8
The methodology is described in detail in the Supplementary Material
Feminismo (2019) de Deborah Cameron
No full textFeminism is a small compilation of the debates that have run through the movement, especially in the West. Narrated in a simple and entertaining style, based on compilations of different themes, studies and references, it addresses the main questions of feminism and exposes the answers that have been provided from different positions.
TECHNICAL SHEET OF THE BOOK
Title: Feminism. Author: Cameron, Deborah. Translation: Tercero, Maria Enguix. Publisher: Alianza Editorial. Language: Spanish. Pages: 176. Year: 2019. Place: Madrid. EBOOK ISBN: 978-84-9181-541-9. Original title: Feminism. 1st edition in English, 2018, Great Britain. Profile Books LTD.Feminismo es una pequeña compilación de los debates que han atravesado al movimiento, especialmente en occidente. Narrado en un estilo simple y llevadero, en base a recopilaciones de distintos temas, estudios y referentes, va abordando los principales interrogantes del feminismo y exponiendo las respuestas que se han brindado desde diferentes posiciones.
FICHA TÉCNICA DE LA OBRA
Título: Feminismo. Autora: Cameron, Deborah. Traducción: Tercero, María Enguix. Editorial: Alianza Editorial. Idioma: Castellano. Páginas: 176. Año: 2019. Lugar: Madrid. ISBN ebook: 978-84-9181-541-9. Título original: Feminism. 1° edición en inglés, 2018, Gran Bretaña. Profile Books LTD
Conserving land, protecting water
No full textWater resource management / Water productivity / Water conservation / Recycling / Land management / Soil conservation / Ecosystems / Ecology / Evapotranspiration / Food security / Poverty / River basins / Irrigated farming
Deborah Cheetham \u27It’s not over till the Black Lady Sings\u27.
No full textThis year’s annual Nulungu lecture at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Broome Campus will be delivered by Deborah Cheetham, Indigenous Soprano, actor and author of the internationally acclaimed play, White Baptist Abba Fan. She is a graduate of the NSW Conservatorium of Music and Julliard School of Music.
Since her international debut in 1997 Ms Cheetham has performed in the theatres and concert halls of United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and throughout Australia. At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Ms Cheetham performed her original composition, Dali Mana Gamarada.
During the 2001 Centenary of Federation celebrations Ms Cheetham performed in several major events including the January 1st Concert in Sydney’s Centennial Park when she appeared as a soloist and speaker. She performed with Argentine tenor, Jose Cura at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup in 2003. This was broadcast to a worldwide audience of more than one billion. In 2005, Deborah added to her list of international credit engagements in Paris, including performances at the Australian Embassy and the La Cigale in the Marais
In 2006 Deborah was a recipient of the Australia Council, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts fellowship. The fellowship enabled Deborah to write, direct and produce a 21st century Australian opera, Pecan Summer. The work created opportunities and demonstrated the talents of Indigenous singers and musicians, actors, writers and technicians.
On 22nd February this year Deborah performed the national anthem at the memorial service for the victims of the Black Saturday bushfires. Of the service Deborah said , ‘Joined by a massed choir of over 500 voices I was honoured to pay my respect to the victims and survivors of these terrible fires by singing Advance Australia Fair.’
Deborah will be delivering the Nulungu Lecture at the Broome Campus of The University of Notre Dame, 88 Guy Street, Broome, on Thursday 20 August at 5.00pm. The Nulungu Reconciliation Lecture is to be an annual event on the Broome Campus where key speakers will be invited to address issues of Reconciliation that shape contemporary Aboriginal and Australian thought and experience. The title of Deborah’s lecture is It’s not over till the Black Lady Sings
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