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Terrasses Radicales
technologies

Terrasses Radicales [Haiti]

Les Terrasses Radicales transforment les versants en des bandes de terres arables horizontales, soutenues par des murs de pierres sèches. Ces constructions diminuent les dégâts liés à l’érosion hydrique des sols et permettent aux exploitants de sécuriser leur production et d'augmenter leurs revenus en accroissant les superficies arables.

  • Compiler: Antoine Kocher
Protection of water resources
technologies

Protection of water resources [Haiti]

The protection of water resources is essential for the supply of drinking water in the rural zones of Haiti, by enabling to preserve the water quality and facilitate the recharge of the resource. Organizing the actors related to the water resource and to the economic, environmental and communal challenges is …

  • Compiler: Antoine Kocher
Clayonnage pour la correction des ravines
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Clayonnage pour la correction des ravines [Haiti]

Le clayonnage est une technique avec du matériel végétal pour corriger les ravines en formation. Les pieux sont fait de matériel de repousse qui vont s'enraciner pour garantir la stabilité de la structure. Les clayons sont des rameaux flexibles qui retiennent les sédiments en amont de la structure.

  • Compiler: Helen Gambon
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