SLM Database

A special tractor-pulled plow that automatically constructs water-harvesting catchments, ideally suited for large-scale reclamation work.

• Compiler: Kathrin Rüegg
• 04/13/2012 3:03 p.m.

Ploughing and seeding of fodder species to recover old degraded grazing areas and maintain valuable pastures against shrub encroachment and decrease of palatable species

• Compiler: Velia De Paola
• 07/02/2014 4:43 p.m.

Application of fine-grained charcoal as an amendment to improve the soil quality and mitigate GHG emissions from croplands

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 04/24/2015 10:08 a.m.

Re-introduction of biosolids to improve fertility of mineral soils

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 04/24/2015 1:45 p.m.

Sustainable crop production and residue management under no-tillage to improve soil fertility and increase environmental benefits

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 10/20/2014 2:38 p.m.

Controlled grazing in deciduous woods seasonally limited in summer when grass cover in rangeland suffers water stress.

• Compiler: Lorenzo Borselli
• 06/05/2011 3:28 p.m.

SELECTIVE CUTTING OF FOREST TREES TO PREVENT FIRES AND AVOID THE RISK OF DAMAGED TREES FALLING DOWN.

• Compiler: Velia De Paola
• 07/23/2014 11:04 a.m.

Application of manure in valuable pastures to increase grass recover and reduce shrub encroachment

• Compiler: Velia De Paola
• 07/01/2014 11:59 a.m.

Firebreaks are stripes cleared of vegetation that divide a continuous forest in smaller patches to reduce spreading of wildfires and allow intervention.

• Compiler: Velia De Paola
• 07/22/2014 5:20 p.m.

Vegetated water basins for the control of diffuse pollution

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 10/27/2014 10:15 a.m.