- Why Mali is missing its old way of life
Madeleine Bunting is in Mali to find out about the impact of climate change on some of the most remote areas in the world. In the first of her reports, she finds that everyone wants to talk about the encroaching desertI've just arrived in the Mopti region of central Mali, about 310 miles east of the capital, Bamako. As we headed east, the land became drier. The trees thinned out until we were heading across an area of scrubland; odd bushes in a plateau of rocky outcrops and patches of sand. It's the end of the rainy season, so the land is delicately greened with a thin covering of grass. This is cattle country and the only sign of human habitation between the distant villages is the occasional herd of cattle driven by young men. But the cattle are looking sleek and well-fed; the rains have been relatively good.But the green landscape and the well-fed cattle are fragile signals of a delicate ecology. During the nine months of the dry season, fierce winds bring desert sand, coating the bushes, and the heat quickly shrivels vegetation; everything is coated in its gritty dust. This is border country, a land close enough to the desert regions of northern Mali and the Sahara, and now struggling to hold the desert at bay. Everywhere, this subject slips into conversation; people refer to a time when forests were still plentiful in the area, when the harvest was better and there were wild fruits to gather. It's not just the nostalgia of the elderly, even the young interpreter who is travelling with me talks of his home village further north, and how the trees have disappeared and the desert has encroached.I'm here to find out about the impact of climate change on one of the most remote parts of the world and we're due to drive even further east, almost to the border of Burkina F マドレーヌバンティングは、世界で最も遠隔地のいくつかの気候変動の影響を見つけるのにマリです
- Aussie soldier killed in Afghanistan
An Australian soldier and Afghan interpreter have been killed in Afghanistan overnight.Defence Force chief Angus Houston said that the pair had been shot and despite immediate first aid, could not be saved.The incident happened... オーストラリアの兵士とアフガンインタプリタは、アフガニスタンovernight.Defence空軍チーフアンガスヒューストンで殺されているペアが撮影されていたことを、すぐに応急処置にもかかわらず、言ったことができませんでしたsaved.The事件が起きた...
- Translator kills two US soldiers
Two US soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an interpreter, it has emerged.
アフガニスタンで金曜日に死亡した2つの米。死者インタプリタでは、浮上して射殺された
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