SLM Database

Submerged drains are drains installed in grassland on peatsoils with the aims to decrease soil subsidence and emission of CO2 and N2O due to the oxidation of peat soil, and to maintain suitable groundwater levels in fields for grassland production and grazing.

• Compiler: Simone Verzandvoort
• 10/30/2015 12:29 p.m.

Grass intercropping on corn fields

• Compiler: Jason Stuka
• 03/24/2015 6:17 p.m.

Humic acid application is a technology that allows the farmer to supply organic matter to the soil, without supplying additional nitrogen and phosphorus.

• Compiler: Jason Stuka
• 05/10/2015 12:48 p.m.

Grass buffer zones are established along waterways in cropland to reduce the surface runoff rate, and the amounts of sediment, nutrients and pesticides in the runoff.

• Compiler: Kamilla Skaalsveen
• 08/13/2014 2:33 p.m.

Small retention ponds, located in the forest, are ponds or pools with sufficient storage capacity to store the surface runoff to prevent flooding during heavy rainfall events. Ponds contain limited or no water during dry weather, but are designed to retain water during rain events.

• Compiler: Dominika Krzeminska
• 01/25/2022 2:10 p.m.

Ex-post and ex-ante soil sealing maps

• Compiler: Tomasz Miturski
• 07/07/2015 11 a.m.

Hydromulch is spread immediately after a wildfire in order to reduce overland flow and prevent soil erosion.

• Compiler: Sergio Prats Alegre Prats
• 05/23/2013 6:52 p.m.

Forest residue mulch is spread immediately after a wildfire in order to prevent soil erosion and reduce overland flow.

• Compiler: Sergio Prats Alegre Prats
• 04/25/2013 3:39 p.m.

In certain situations, the leaves from the burnt trees created a natural carpet that protect the soil from being eroded.

• Compiler: Sergio Prats Alegre Prats
• 05/23/2013 6:44 p.m.

Flood-Control Reservoir - a complex hydraulic facility

• Compiler: Zuzana Studvova
• 04/24/2015 12:33 p.m.