SLM Database

Small wooden check dams built in erosion rills, grooves or gorges to reduce flood risk.

• Compiler: Zuzana Studvova
• 05/22/2015 8:13 a.m.

Retention ponds (e.g. flood storage reservoirs, shallow impoundments) are water bodies, storing water to attenuate surface runoff during rainfall events. They provide storage as well as improving water quality. Retention ponds may also be used for irrigation of farmland.

• Compiler: Gregor Kramberger
• 06/22/2021 11:34 a.m.

The rehabilitation of active gully erosion by re-sloping the banks of the gully in an effort to manage the energy of the water entering the system. Bare soil is protected from erosion by covering it with erosion blankets, brush packing and the establishment of silt fences.

• Compiler: Dirk Pretorius
• 01/22/2018 2:16 p.m.

The restoration of the thicket biome in the Eastern Cape is assisted by planting ‘spekboom’ (elephant bush) (Portulacaria afra), an indigenous succulent plant within contour lines/riplines on degraded hillslopes. The increased vegetation cover reduces runoff and soil loss.

• Compiler: Dirk Pretorius
• 04/06/2018 11:47 a.m.

To improve infiltration and vegetation cover, by creating small pits on bare soil, which capture runoff and reduce erosion.

• Compiler: Dirk Pretorius
• 02/02/2018 1:51 p.m.

Strengthening of river banks and counter landslide operations with the use of stones and gabions

• Compiler: German Kust
• 05/22/2011 10:23 a.m.

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• Compiler: MIZROBSHO AMIRBEKOV
• 06/09/2018 10:48 a.m.

Water points for daily use in pastures, reducing erosion and enhancing productivity of cattle and other livestock.

• Compiler: Nicole Stolz
• 10/11/2016 12:46 p.m.

Vegetative and structural technology for the rehabilitation of an expanded gully

• Compiler: Selina Studer
• 07/19/2012 7:16 a.m.

Fish farming, commonly referred to as aquaculture, is one of the common practices promoted by small, medium and large scale farmers in Amuru District, Northern Uganda. Labour, hoes, wheelbarrows, spades and slashers are used for establishment. The technology is established on a gently sloping physical environment located mainly at the …

• Compiler: betty adoch
• 07/03/2017 10:13 a.m.