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Overcome Land Degradation With Soil Ameliorant Application (Study Of Farmer Perceptions In Malang, East Java) [PDF]
, 2008 Improving the quality of soils degradation can be achieved using the soil ameloirant (i. e. Zeolite, manure, compost, etc.), conservation farming systems, organic management, system balanced fertilization specific location, and efficiency of water use ...
Al-Jabri, M. (M), Tala'ohu, S. H. (S)
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Beverages, 2018 Soil erosion in vineyards is considered as an environmental concern as it depletes soil fertility and causes damage in the fields and downstream. High soil and water losses decrease soil quality, and subsequently, this can reduce the quality of the ...
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino +2 more
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Land degradation: links to agricultural output and profitability [PDF]
To understand land degradation and assess policy responses, knowledge is needed of the bio-physical causes, the economic effects on farms and the incentives farmers face to avoid or ameliorate the degradation.
Gretton, Paul, Salma, Umme
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Patterns and Rates of Land Use Land Cover Change: A Case Study of Ambos Nogales (Arizona and Sonora), 1985-2004 [PDF]
The continued expansion of the paired U.S.–Mexican border cities of Ambos Nogales presents many environmental management and urban planning challenges.
Jyoti Jain +2 more
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Archetypes of land transformations and trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains. [ID660] [PDF]
, 2019 Based on a synthesis of 51 cases of temporal changes in land use and ecosystem services within mountain landscapes, we analyze how changes in land-use intensity influence the supply of ten key services and we describe six typical archetypes. Our analysis
Locatelli, Bruno
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VALUING AGROFORESTRY IN THE PRESENCE OF LAND DEGRADATION [PDF]
Agroforestry can help prevent land degradation while allowing continuing use of land to produce crops and livestock. A problem with the evaluation of agroforestry using long-run static models and traditional discounting techniques is that the present ...
Cacho, Oscar J.
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The Influence of short-term land use change on soil evolution in the centre-south coastal areas of Sardinia [PDF]
, 2008 The land use change in short-term (time and space) in the Mediterranean context can be induced by phenomena like destruction of the autochthonous plant species, land abandonment, overgrazing, fire, urbanization (above all for touristic purpose), etc ...
Buondonno, Andrea +3 more
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The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought; Toward an Integrated Global Assessment [PDF]
Land degradation has not been comprehensively addressed at the global level or in developing countries. A suitable economic framework that could guide investments and institutional action is lacking.
Baumgartner, Philipp +8 more
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Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionThe stoichiometric characteristics of leaves can indicate the nutrient limitations and ecological strategies of closely related plants. Sea-buckthorn is a unique species in China with economic and ecological value, yet nutrient limitations ...
Hongmei Zhang +7 more
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, 2019 IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3: Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas ...
Evans, J. +13 more
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