Restoration of degraded soils is a development strategy to reduce desertification, soil
erosion and environmental degradation, and alleviate chronic food shortages with great …

Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa's
agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to …

First published in 1985. This book examines wide variety of ways in which environmental
deterioration, in particular soil erosion, can be viewed and the implicit political judgements …

Data drawn from a global compilation of studies quantitatively confirm the long-articulated
contention that erosion rates from conventionally plowed agricultural fields average 1–2 …

Requirements for research, practices and policies affecting soil management in relation to
global food security are reviewed. Managing soil organic carbon (C) is central because soil …

This book presents the results of an ICRAF review of the potential of agroforestry for soil
conservation, treated in its wider sense to include both control of erosion and maintenance …

As a well balanced and fully illustrated introductory text, this book provides a comprehensive
overview of the physical, technological and social components of natural disaster. The main …

Land degradation, and soil and nutrient loss, are significant environmental problems in semi-
arid agricultural environments in the Mediterranean Basin. One land use that is particularly …

Dryland Rivers Page 1 William L. Graf Fluvial Processes Dryland Rivers With 143 Figures i¡¡tl,$r,a,"nt
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork London Paris Tokyo Page 2 Professor Dr. WlllI¡.tvI …

Depuis BENNET (1939), le père de la Conservation des Sols, une multitude de manuels
concernant la lutte antiérosive ont été publiés dans le monde. La majorité de ces ouvrages …