SLM Database

Construction of earth dams to provide stock water

• Compilador/a: Jannie Nel
• 19/01/2011 16:22

Silt fences together with brush packing were introduced to reduce sediment transport and restoration of gully erosion in the Potlake nature reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

• Compilador/a: Dirk Pretorius
• 16/02/2022 07:15

Sediment retention fibre rolls (SRFR) and erosion blankets were deployed to stabilise steep slopes after vegetation cover was destroyed by fire, near the town of Knysna in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

• Compilador/a: Dirk Pretorius
• 15/10/2021 11:57

The rehabilitation of active gully erosion by re-sloping the banks of the gully in an effort to manage the energy of the water entering the system. Bare soil is protected from erosion by covering it with erosion blankets, brush packing and the establishment of silt fences.

• Compilador/a: Dirk Pretorius
• 22/01/2018 14:16

The restoration of the thicket biome in the Eastern Cape is assisted by planting ‘spekboom’ (elephant bush) (Portulacaria afra), an indigenous succulent plant within contour lines/riplines on degraded hillslopes. The increased vegetation cover reduces runoff and soil loss.

• Compilador/a: Dirk Pretorius
• 06/04/2018 11:47

To improve infiltration and vegetation cover, by creating small pits on bare soil, which capture runoff and reduce erosion.

• Compilador/a: Dirk Pretorius
• 02/02/2018 13:51

Semi-circular ponds are depressions constructed in the soil to harvest water, reduce runoff, increase infiltration, break soil sealing and crusting, capture organic material and seed where sheet erosion is predominant in degraded, low gradient hillslopes. The opening of the semi-circular pond is up-slope for runoff water to flow into the …

• Compilador/a: Lehman Lindeque
• 06/07/2020 20:45