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Confection de Terrasses de cultures avec murs en pierres.
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Confection de Terrasses de cultures avec murs en … [Morocco]

Il s’agit d’une technique très ancestrale dans les vallées de N’Fis et Rhiraya et qui consiste à transformer les versants à pente raide (5 à 40% et plus) en une série de terrasses nivelées progressives et irrigables en aval des sources ou de dérivations des oueds. Les terrasses sont séparées …

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Banquettes et éléments de banquettes avec plantations
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Banquettes et éléments de banquettes avec plantations [Morocco]

Il s’agit de "fossés" exécutées suivant les courbes de niveau et se caractérisent par trois parties : le talus, le bourrelet et le fond . On distingue trois profils théoriques : 1) profil en V déversé vers l’amont favorisant plus l’évacuation latérale des eaux de ruissellement au dépens de l’infiltration …

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Restoration of game migration routes across the Namib Desert
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Restoration of game migration routes across the Namib … [Namibia]

Seventeen former sheep farms have been joined to form the world’s largest private nature reserve aimed at regenerating biodiversity to support high-quality low-impact tourism, environmental education and research. All farm owners are members of the management association.

  • Compiler: Ibo Zimmermann
Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation
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Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation [Namibia]

Public and private stakeholders in Namibia are cooperating in the national Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation programme. There are three components: (1) Creation of an enabling framework, (2) Advisory Services and (3) Value Chain Development.

  • Compiler: Johannes Laufs
Community grazing management
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Community grazing management [Namibia]

Agreement among community members to jointly manage their communal grazing area by combining their livestock into a single herd. The herd is managed and moved according to an agreed growing season plan that provides sufficient recovery for perennial grasses, and a non-growing season plan to graze in a way that …

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Infiltration ditches and ponding banks
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Infiltration ditches and ponding banks [Namibia]

Construction of contour ditches and ponding banks/ bunds to trap rainwater for infiltration. Improved growth of plants and replenishment of groundwater is promoted, while safely discharging excess water to avoid erosion. Integrated with other technologies that treat the root causes of rangeland degradation - rather than a stand-alone technology.

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Bush Thinning and Biomass Processing by Manual or Mechanised Means
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Bush Thinning and Biomass Processing by Manual or … [Namibia]

In Namibia, excess bush is harvested to reduce competition with other plants, especially grasses. Bush can be thinned manually (e.g. with axes), semi-mechanised (e.g. chainsaws) or fully mechanised (e.g. customised equipment). After cutting, the bush is left to dry and then processed into chips or other products.

  • Compiler: Johannes Laufs
Combined herding for planned grazing
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Combined herding for planned grazing [Namibia]

Daily combining of livestock from all households into a single herd to be driven to different designated portions of the communal grazing area. Grass can then recover by replenishing its reserves before being re-grazed some months later.

  • Compiler: Ibo Zimmermann