Desire for Greener Land

Case studies – titles and short descriptions
Cross-slope barriers (continued)
Morocco
Grazing land management
Italy Tunisia
Forest management
Botswana Portugal Portugal Morocco Cape Verde
SLM Technology
Gully control by plantation of Atriplex
Rehabilitation of a gullied slope and gully control, by plantation of Atriplex halimus
fodder shrubs.
Rangeland resting
This technique is based on the principle of leaving the rangeland protected (by
excluding grazing during 2-3 years) to allow the plant cover to recover.
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Controlled grazing in deciduous woods as an alternative to grazing on
rangeland
Controlled grazing in deciduous woods seasonally limited in summer when grass cover
in rangeland suffers water stress.
p 173
Afforestation
Afforestation is one of the key technologies to address the fragility of ecosystems: it
provides better protection against erosion and makes better use of rainfall in order to
maintain the sustainability of agricultural systems.
p 177
Assisted cork oak regeneration
Assisted cork oak regeneration in the Sehoul forest, by acorn seeding and seedling
plantation (derived from a plant nursery), involving careful husbandry and long
intervals between cultivation.
p 181
Primary strip network system for fuel management
Linear strips are strategically located in areas where total or partial removal of the forest
biomass is possible. This technology contributes towards preventing the occurrence
and spread of large forest fires and reducing their consequences for the environment,
people, infrastructures, etc. p 185
Prescribed fire
Use of prescribed fire (or ‘controlled burn’) to reduce the fuel load in the form of live
and dead plant material and thus to prevent the likelihood of more damaging wildfire.
p 189
Biogas
Production of methane gas from cow-dung for use in household cooking, heating and
lighting in order to reduce firewood demand.
p 193