SLM Database

A combination of three measures to stabilise dunes: area closure, the use of palisades, and vegetative fixation through natural regeneration as well as planting.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 10:13 a.m.

Oasis gardens in Niger for crop, vegetable and fruit production are supplied with irrigation water from traditional wells.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Soumaila Abdoulaye
• 09/30/2010 11:24 a.m.

Les murets servent à casser la vitesse de ruissellement en favorisant l'infiltration et le dépôt de terres en amont des ouvrages sur versants dénudés à sols caillouteux.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Charles Bielders
• 06/08/2011 9:55 p.m.

Zai planting pits are designed to collect rainwater and to conserve nutrients in order to improve crop production and food security.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 8 a.m.

Rehabilitation of degraded land through manured planting pits, in combination with contour stone lines. The planting pits are used for millet and sorghum production on gentle slopes.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Charles Bielders
• 06/07/2011 7:40 p.m.

Nardi/Vallerani trenches are microcatchments which are made using a special tractor-pulled plough to restore degraded and encrusted forests and rangelands

• Эмхэтгэгч: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:54 a.m.

Alignement de pierres selon les courbes de niveau.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Hans Sagebiel
• 06/07/2011 7:24 p.m.

Hand-dug trenches contribute to the restoration of tree cover and prevention of water erosion on slopes.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Dieter Nill
• 09/25/2014 7:57 a.m.

A small constructed wetland is a combination of ponds and vegetation filters, designed mainly to remove sediment and nutrients from streams. It is usually located in first and second order streams in agricultural landscapes.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Dominika Krzeminska
• 06/22/2021 11:54 a.m.

Grassed waterways are shallow channels (natural or constructed) with grass cover, used to drain surface runoff from cropland and prevent erosion.

• Эмхэтгэгч: Dominika Krzeminska
• 02/07/2022 9:31 p.m.