There is a very interesting TED talk about overcoming desertification. While there has been criticism of the idea, it nevertheless offers hope for changing the earth for the better. The TED photos are very impressive.
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Climate Change: A Very Hopeful Development
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Bungi Bill
Allan Savory may well have a point.
That national parks project he was involved with is not the only example of a land management practice, introduced to advance "conservation", but which instead only made matters worse.
(For example, the capital city of Australia, Canberra, suffered disastrous fires in 2009. These, ironically, resulted from the rigorous suppression of the naturally occurring bushfires in the surrounding forest areas. Left to themselves, these fires kept the undergrowth down to a safe level, in which fires could and would occur - but never reached a very destructive level. Conversely, if vegetation growth is left unchecked, the inevitable "fire of all fires" - when it finally occurs - is not only just merely destructive. Rather, if there is a word somewhere for a state much worse than disastrous, that would accurately describe the results!)
However, the writer of that article was quite correct in the cautionary remarks of his conclusion:
"Silver bullet solutions are rare. Silver bullet sales are commonplace."
Ain't that a fact!
Bill.