Soil erosion in the humid tropics

Assessment of SoilGrids data for soil erosion estimation at ...

Soil erosion has been identified as one of the most destructive forms of land degradation, posing a threat to the sustainability of global economic, ...

Effects of earthworms on slopewash, surface runoff, and fine-litter ...

The published literature describing the role of soil macrofauna in soil erosion and runoff processes in the humid tropics is limited (Baidgett and others, 2001) ...

Soil Erosion Models and Implications for Conservation of Sloping ...

The effectiveness of a variety of soil conservation options appropriate to the humid tropics was evaluated, and process studies drawn upon to seek ...

Roose, E.J. Application of the universal Soil Loss equation of ...

... Soil Loss equation of Wischmeier and Smith in West Africa. In Greenland, D.J. and Lal, R. (eds.) Soil Conservation and Management in the Humid Tropics. John ...

Agroforestry boosts soil health in the humid and sub-humid tropics ...

... soil erosion, storage of soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N), availability of soil N and phosphorus (P) to crops, and alleviation of soil acidity ...

Bio-Char Soil Management on Highly Weathered Soils in the Humid ...

FIGURE 36.2. Potential bio-char yield from the woody biomass of secondary and primary forests in the humid tropics. (A typical biomass loss of 69.4% upon bio- ...

Physically-based distributed modelling of the hydrology and soil ...

... climate of a humid tropical river basin. S. Sreedevi ... soil erosion processes are of major concern, especially in the humid tropics.

CONCERNING FACTORS OF SOIL EROSION, WITH SPECIAL ...

These data may enlighten surface hydrology and soil erosion in cleared tropical areas, farmland, grasslands and subhumid to semiarid environments. 2 LANDSLIDES.

Soil erosion by water in the tropics - CTAHR

The suggested name for the network is the Collaborative Network for Soil. Erosion and Conservation in the Tropics. (CONSECT). ... Soil erosion in the humid ...

Permaculture - A Designers' Manual | Chapter 10: The Humid Tropics

Tropical soils tend to be highly weathered and often lack certain nutrients, due to intense leaching from heavy rainfall. However, the warm ...

View of A Comparative Analysis of Soil Erosion Models for Tropical ...

A Comparative Analysis of Soil Erosion Models for Tropical Humid of Southeastern Nigeria and Comparable Environments ...

Using Geographic Information Systems and the Analytical Hierarchy ...

Indeed, changes in the LULC can cause severe soil erosion and LD (Firdaus et al., 2014). Inappropriate land use management is the main cause of ...

Chapter 4 : Land Degradation - IPCC

Examples of direct impacts are when increasing rainfall intensity exacerbates soil erosion, or when prolonged droughts reduce the vegetation cover of the soil, ...

Investigation of Soil Erosion from Bare Steep Slopes of the Humid ...

tributed to soil loss from erosion plots in a significant number of events. KEYWORDS: Steep-slope erosion; Humid Tropics; Soil erosion model;. Shallow flows.

Assessing soil conservation techniques on sloping lands in the ...

Biodiversitas 24: 1686-1692. Sloping land is prone to severe erosion, particularly in areas with high precipitation, such as in humid tropics. In addition to ...

No-till farming in the humid and subhumid tropics of Africa - CGSpace

Cultivation is carried out in the tropics purely for weed control, but this leads to accelerated soil erosion, as cultivated soil) has no protection. Gully ...

Environmental Change and Geomorphic Response in Humid ...

These changes are functionally associated with the productive capacity of the soils. Measurements of soil erosion rates in tropical environments ...

Open MSc thesis on soil erosion and rock-derived plant nutrients in ...

Deforestation globally increases land degradation and soil erosion, which highly impacts soil organic carbon storage and soil fertility.

Soil - Erosion, Conservation, Management | Britannica

These erosive processes remove soil particles from A horizons and expose subsurface horizons to weathering, resulting in the loss of humus, plant nutrients, ...

Dr Richard Smith is a soils technical specialist in the Environment Agency. He shows a typical soil erosion incident in the South West to ...