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DocumentRehabilitation of degraded sites 2001This issue of Unasylva focuses on the techniques, but also the policy and social aspects, of rehabilitating particular degraded sites through forestry.
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Book (stand-alone)Field guide for rapid assessment of forest protective function for soil and water
A scientifically sound, cost effective and easy-to-apply method for collecting data to promote forest management for protection of soil and water. Prepared in the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
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This publication presents a method for collecting reliable data on forest protective functions for soil and water. It will help to improve capacity for reporting to national inventories and national and global forest resource assessments, to support evidence-based decision- and policy-making for sustainable forest management in developing countries. -
Book (stand-alone)Assessing soil degradation. Report of an FAO/UNEP Expert Consultation, Rome, 18-20 January 1977
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No results found.There is a urgent need for a better understanding of the risks of soil degradation and their geographical distribution as well as a better knowledge of where degradation occurs at present. it would be desirable to combine soil conservation activities with other elements for increasing crop production.Erosion, salinity and alkalinity and the loss of soil fertility seriously reduce the natural potential of soils to produce food fibres. During the meeting, many criteria to assess the various types of soil degradation were outlined by the experts. however no uniform methodology for quantitative assessment of soil degradation was presented by the participants.
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