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Issuing a Decree to Ensure the Legal Protection of a microbasin
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Issuing a Decree to Ensure the Legal Protection … [Honduras]

Honduran Forest Legislation establishes the strict protection of microbasins from human exploitation. However, in practice, there is an accelerated rate of microbasin degradation brought on by land use changes that turn forest lands into crop lands. Through sensitization, raising awareness, and training aimed at the general population and Water Management …

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Participative Slope Stabilization
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Participative Slope Stabilization [Honduras]

Bioengineering includes a series of techniques based on the use of live vegetation to protect slopes and embankments from erosion and landslides. Bioengineering works are applied according to comprehensive risk assessment; they are multipurpose as a whole, have a low cost of consdtruction and maintenance cost,they enhance the capacities of …

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Community protection of microbasins through reforestation
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Community protection of microbasins through reforestation [Honduras]

Microbasins providing drinking water to many communities frequently suffer from deforestation and are used as grazing areas, for coffee production areas or for other types of crops. As a whole, communities choose to protect microbasins and ensure reforestation resorting to legal protection, thus ensuring the quantity and quality of their …

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Curved and tiered live hedges
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Curved and tiered live hedges [Honduras]

Live hedges are rows of perennial plants, eg. vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) or izote (Yucca sp.), with dense growth and deep roots, planted on terraced curves in order to control erosion and preserve water. The plant can be used as medicine or fodder (vetiver) or food (izote flower).

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
V shaped catchment fence using Izote (Yucca sp.)
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V shaped catchment fence using Izote (Yucca sp.) [Honduras]

V shaped catchment fences are used to stabilize gullies and prevent soil sediments from being removed by surface rain water runoff. It consists of planting izote (Yucca sp.) to create a V shaped fence around a gully.

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Fascine drainage
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Fascine drainage [Honduras]

Fascine drains are used to drain excess water from elevated lands that might affect plots of land or houses below. They help prevent landslides and gully formation.

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Huellas de concreto (rutas de evacuación)
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Huellas de concreto (rutas de evacuación) [Honduras]

Las huellas de concreto permiten a los comunarios de evacuar personas y bienes desde la comunidad en caso de emergencia (de salud y/o desastre) y acceder a la misma durante todo el año y en un tiempo reducido.

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
Community protection of water infrastructure from hazards caused by disasters
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Community protection of water infrastructure from hazards caused … [Honduras]

A series of vegetative, structural and management technologies is used reduce the exposure and vulnerability of water infrastructure to threats. These include protecting water sources and water tanks, the stabilization of their surroundings, the anchoring of piping and, whenever necessary, repairing the water tank.

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon