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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

Eradication of invasive species and revegetation of degraded rangelands by different treatments, including oversowing with grass seed mixture, supplementing with lime, cattle dung, and "brush packing" (laid out branches).

• Compilador/a: Klaus Kellner
• 29/01/2011 15:12

The combating of Invaders to preserve water resources & the rehabilitation of the bare ground by means of brush packing to prevent soil erosion.

• Compilador/a: Unknown User
• 16/01/2011 04:28

Rangeland rehabilitation where we use perennial grasses to rehabilitate the footslopes in a semi-arid region on a clay loam soil

• Compilador/a: Franci Petra Jordaan
• 24/01/2011 08:43

Revegetation of old, degraded land. Restoring area to increase grazing capacity and production.

• Compilador/a: Klaus Kellner
• 26/01/2011 20:39

Rangeland management of communal grazing land, to improve grazing capacity by applying rotation.

• Compilador/a: Anja Jansen van Vuuren
• 27/01/2011 10:07

Stone walls built on sloping fields to create terraces for cultivation and conservation: both ancient and contemporary.

• Compilador/a: William Critchley
• 02/01/2011 10:18