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Unvegetated strips to reduce fire expansion
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Unvegetated strips to reduce fire expansion [Italy]

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

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Velia De Paola
Wetland system
technologies

Wetland system [Italy]

Vegetated water basins for the control of diffuse pollution

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Nicola Dal Ferro
Variable rate biosolids management
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Variable rate biosolids management [Italy]

Application of precision farming and variable rate application technology for spatial optimization of organic amendments use

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Nicola Dal Ferro
Ecological restoration in Macalube d'Aragona
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Ecological restoration in Macalube d'Aragona [Italy]

The best practice was the ecological restoration of natural habitats from rainfed croplands in the protected area of the mud volcanos of Macalube d'Aragona (Sicily). The practice consisted of the plantation of authoctonous plant species that are very relevant for local biodiversity such as Lygeum spartum and the protection of â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: UNCCD PRAIS
Reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret in Calabria
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Reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret in â€Ķ [Italy]

In the 1950s the mountainous area of Calabria was characterized by subsistence farming. This activity use land often in slope that was affected by erosion and hydrogeological problems. Soil degradation was mitigated with wide reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret. It's been used Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret for â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: UNCCD PRAIS
Sustainable water resources management for irrigation  
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Sustainable water resources management for irrigation [Italy]

The Agrigento province area is affected by aridity and water scarcity. The availabe surface and underground waters are polluted or saline and therefore not suitable for irrigation purposes. Dam and artificial reservoires have been costructed in the past decades to meet the growing water demand of agriculture and civil uses. â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: UNCCD PRAIS
Use of wastewater for irrigation purposes.
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Use of wastewater for irrigation purposes. [Italy]

The practice consisted in the purification and innovative refinement of the urban wastewate for agriculture reuse. In the summer 2009, the purified and refined water was in fact distributed for free to farmers for irrigation purposes. The project for the application of the practice was drawn up on the initiative â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: UNCCD PRAIS
Public Consultation and Sensitization
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Public Consultation and Sensitization [Jamaica]

This is done islandwide (2.67 million people) with mixed land uses in a tropical maritime condition with significant elevated topography and steep slopes. Population is a lower middle income economy (UNDP-HDI) with a current GDP per capita of approx. US$3000.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: UNCCD PRAIS
HIMA Approach
approaches

HIMA Approach [Jordan]

Social fencing for rangeland restoration

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Daniel Danano Dale
Cactus Fruit Plantation in Arid Dry Lands
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Cactus Fruit Plantation in Arid Dry Lands [Jordan]

This technology is based on the natural advantages and the multi-purpose usage of spineless cactus pear (Opuntia fiscus-indica), to cultivate marginal lands in Jordan, generating environmental and socio-economic benefits.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Joren Verbist