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Cape Verde – Santiago<br />

The Santiago area in Cape Verde has physical land degradation in various <strong>for</strong>ms of soil erosion (surface erosion, gullying, mass<br />

movements) on land in use <strong>for</strong> rainfed subsistence agriculture, and chemical land degradation (salinisation and alkalinisation)<br />

in the cultivated land under irrigation. The degree of degradation is very light to moderate, possibly due to the large extent of<br />

land conservation measures, covering 80-100% of the cultivated rainfed area. Two examples of successful and promising conservation<br />

measures are described in this book: Aloe vera living barriers and af<strong>for</strong>estation.<br />

Maps of degradation and SLM DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />

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