Soil erosion is a part of soil degradation. It's when the topsoil and nutrients are lost either naturally, such as via wind erosion, or due to human actions, such as poor land management. There are ...

Slopes greater than ten percent are better suited to other practices, like terracing.

Amidst this backdrop, the recent Global Land Degradation Neutrality – Integrated Land Use Planning (LDN–ILUP) Inception ...

reduce erosion, and contribute organic matter to the soil when they grow and die. Save Soil's map of different levels of land degradation around the globe in 2019. Save Soil's map of different ...

With urbanization projected to increase substantially over the coming decades, urban agriculture is becoming a key area of ...

Land degradation is the environmental process in which the chemical, physical and biological quality of land and soil worsens due to erosion, deforestation, salinisation and the loss of organic ...

Gully erosion is the most severe form of soil erosion, and it can seriously impact agricultural fields, contributing to ...

Soil is a priceless resource we are trampling on. In early July, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) sounded the alarm at a conference it was organizing ...

Soil degradation has far-reaching consequences ... The loss of topsoil and nutrients due to erosion has reduced the land’s ability to sustain crops, leading to lower yields and increased ...

Gabions can be used to address one of the most pressing ecological issues Kenya faces today: gully erosion. These artificial gullies threaten landscapes, often causing soil degradation ...