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Portugal – Maçao<br />

The Maçao area has widespread land degradation in the <strong>for</strong>est in the <strong>for</strong>m of soil erosion by water and biological degradation<br />

due to fire. Soil erosion by water is also reported to affect the cropland, where its rate is slowly increasing, but the<br />

degree is larger in the <strong>for</strong>est. Conservation measures to remediate the soil erosion are implemented over more than 80%<br />

of the <strong>for</strong>ested area with soil erosion. These include agronomic measures, aiming to increase the vegetation and soil cover.<br />

However, the effectiveness of these measures is low and decreasing. This offers scope <strong>for</strong> the SLM technologies documented<br />

in this book (primary strip network system <strong>for</strong> fuel management and prescribed fire).<br />

236 DESIRE – WOCAT <strong>Desire</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greener</strong> <strong>Land</strong>

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