SLM Database

Micro irrigation canal system for supplying water to poplar plantations on sloping lands.

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 05/10/2014 2:38 p.m.

Earthen trenches with soil bunds built along contours in staggered design

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 02/08/2016 8:20 a.m.

Local and new varieties of fruits are planted on degraded land in accordance with improved management practices. The established orchards and vineyards serve double purpose of soil protection and income generation for the rural households. The alfalfa under the trees supports tree growth and is used for livestock fodder.

• Compiler: Bettina Wolfgramm
• 10/27/2016 9:32 p.m.

Mangrove afforestation in newly accreted land along cooastal regions accelerates the process of land stabilization, creates new forest resources, and enriches biodiversity.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 01/06/2019 10:30 a.m.

The indigenous community in Bolipara village of the Thanchi upazlia (sub-district) of the Bandarban district are reducing or preventing land degradation through the cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants. This practice provides the raw material needed, by local traditional healers, to produce herbal medicines for the indigenous and tribal peoples.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 12/26/2018 6:02 a.m.

Assisted natural regeneration (ANR) is a simple, low-cost forest restoration method that can effectively convert deforested lands to more productive forests.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 02/18/2019 12:03 p.m.

The coppice management of Sal (Shorea robusta) tree is a forest management practice to regain the natural forest resources in central and northern parts of Bangladesh.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 05/20/2019 5:43 a.m.

Creation of green shelter-belt along the coast line through plantation of Jhau (Casuarina equisetifolia) to reduce vulnerabilities and hazards of extreme weather events like cyclones.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 02/06/2019 6:49 a.m.

Mixed plantation technique with slow growing indigenous plant species in hill slope, that plays an important role to protect land degradation.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 02/05/2019 9:53 a.m.

Mound plantation with non-mangrove species to transform mono-culture plantations subsequently into more ecologically resilient, mixed species plantations and as well as to accelerate natural processes of accretion and land stabilization in coastal areas.

• Compiler: Fazlay Arafat
• 04/25/2019 12:58 p.m.