The News Review:

- Reforestation Using Exotic Plants Can Disturb Fertility Of Tropical…
- The Amazing Adventures Of Supergrad
- Bolton forced to wait on Diouf decision
- Nigeria: Honour for Teachers ‘Who Make the World Get Better’

Reforestation Using Exotic Plants Can Disturb Fertility Of Tropical…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Jun 3, 2008
Establishment of bacterial and mycorrhizal symbioses provides these trees with the adaptation ability necessary for growth on virtually barren mineral-deficient soil. Although no proof is needed as to their effectiveness for producing plant biomass in harsh environmental conditions and their utility as windbreaks to control erosion there is little information on their potential impact on the genetic and functional biodiversity of the soil microorganisms. A research programme run since 2005 in Senegal and Burkina Faso by an IRD team and its partners1 yielded clues for understanding the influence of exotic plants on the structure and biodiversity of these communities of fungi and bacteria. In Burkina Faso controlled experiments showed that the development of E. camaldulensis the eucalyptus species most often planted in the world outside its area of origin significantly reduced the diversity of the mycorrhizal fungi communities essential for the healthy functioning of the ecosystem. This negative effect was also found in the soil of a Senegalese plantation of Acacia holosericea where scarcely a few months after its introduction the soil’s microbial characteristics had completely changed. This quick-growing species had effectively selected certain species of mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria of the genus Rhizobium ending in a reduction in the species diversity of these symbiotic communities… The research also demonstrated that the environments generated by this species were less resistant to water and heat stress. In a context of global climate change such habitats could therefore experience a drastic fall in their microbial activity and thus lose their ability to be the basis of proper development of the plant cover. The conclusions of the study conducted in Senegal in a precisely defined environment cannot however be generalized to tropical soils as a whole. Indeed investigations on another A. holosericea plantation in Burkina Faso yielded the observation of an increase in microbial functional diversity. The contradictions between these sets of results should prompt the organizations involved in natural resources management to plan for possible introductions of exotic species case by case taking account not only of potential impacts of the plant species under consideration for introduction but also of the nature of the soils they are to colonize. For although this practice can yield highly satisfactory results such as increases in the species richness of severely degraded environments such as old mining areas it can also upset for a long time the organization of the microbial communities which guarantee the fertility of a soil.

The Amazing Adventures Of Supergrad
Washington Post – Jun 3, 2008
These standouts were asked to submit résumés along with their project packets and Clippinger’s which is typical shows the depth of their achievements. Clippinger is a developmental studies and comparative literature double major who has spent time not only in Rwanda but also France and Senegal. She captains the Brown varsity equestrian team worked as a production assistant on. Her teammate Morell is a neurobiology major with a grade-point average of 3.

Bolton forced to wait on Diouf decision
Tribalfootball.com – Jun 3, 2008
08 | tribalfootball. com Bolton Wanderers are waiting on a decision from star player El Hadji Diouf on his future at the club with the Senegal star eyeing a European challenge for next season. The Senegal international has made no secret of his ambition to compete in Europe so he may be looking for a new club that can satisfy this desire. “I’m not thinking about what club I will play for next season and I just want to enjoy my time with the national team and give 100 percent to Senegal” the forward told The Bolton News. Diouf is still under contract at The Reebok Stadium but with the lack of European football he could be forced to move elsewhere. “My agent is coming to see me next week and we will talk about my future then but right now I have important games with my national team.

Nigeria: Honour for Teachers ‘Who Make the World Get Better’
AllAfrica.com – Jun 3, 2008
His contact with the International Education and Research Network of Teachers based in the United States gave him the opportunity to participate in a Teachers Forum a one-month on-line course where participants were taught how to use projects to teach. Ousmane Diouf has taught for 30 years and has been fortunate to be exposed to ICT for the past 18 years. He teaches Mathematics and Physics and is also an Administrator at a High school that goes by the acronym CRIWL in Bambey Senegal. He has therefore used ICT to develop a number of projects. At an Innovative Teachers Forum Awards ceremony organised in Ghana by Microsoft for teachers who had excelled in the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning around Africa; Ddungu won the award for ‘Innovation in Community’; Chukwu Innovation in Collaboration; Diouf Innovation in Content and Marie-May Iman the Peer Review award. Microsoft’s General Manager Worldwide Education Alan Yates says "Teachers are very important to education. It is very clear that education is the key to progress around the world.