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This handbook has been prepared to support fieldworkers and farmers in developing vegetative systems of soil and mositure conservation that will meet the requirements of small farmers in developing countries, most of whom reside in the tropics and semitropics. Experience has shown that conventional systems of earth bunds or terraces on small farms are expensive and in many cases, especially in modern times, ineffective. When applied correctly, vegetative systems of soil and mositure conservation - particulary the system of hedges of vetiver grass described in this handbook - have proved cheaper and more effective.

582.542.1 --- 582.542.1 Gramineae. Grasses. Bamboos. Reeds. Phragmites --- Gramineae. Grasses. Bamboos. Reeds. Phragmites --- Drylands and Desertification --- Environment --- Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction Reduction --- Sustainable Land Management

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This Special Issue titled “Soil Erosion and Sustainable Land Management” presents 13 chapters organized into four main parts. The first part deals with assessment of soil erosion that covers historical sediment dating to understand past environmental impacts due to tillage; laboratory simulation to clarify the effect of soil surface microtopography; integrated field observation and the random forest machine learning algorithm to assess watershed-scale soil erosion assessment; and developing the sediment delivery distributed (SEDD) model for sub-watershed erosion risk prioritization. In Part II, the factors controlling soil erosion and vegetation degradation as influenced by topographic positions and climatic regions; long-term land use change; and improper implementation of land management measures are well dealt with. Part III presents different land management technologies that could reduce soil erosion at various spatial scales; improve land productivity of marginal lands with soil microbes; and reclaim degraded farmland using dredged reservoir sediments. The final part relates livelihood diversification to climate vulnerability as well as the coping strategy to the adverse impacts of soil erosion through sustainable land management implementation which opens prospects for policy formulation. The studies cover regions of Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, being dominantly conducted under the framework of international scientific collaborations through employing a range techniques and scales, from the laboratory to watershed scales. We believe those unique features of the book could attract the interest of the wider scientific community worldwide.

Herfindahl–Simpson diversity index --- multivariate probit --- drought prone --- ordered probit --- livelihood diversification --- sustainable land management --- sediment --- land use --- erosion crises --- environmental impact --- climate change --- drought --- livelihood vulnerability --- Shannon-entropy index --- splash erosion --- rainfall simulator --- splash cup --- soil loss --- soil detachment --- disdrometer --- rainfall kinetic energy --- polyacrylamide --- gypsum --- lime --- runoff --- dryland --- Erosion rate --- ANFIS --- ANN --- SVM --- Shihmen Reservoir watershed --- Acacia decurrens --- Eucalyptus --- drought-prone --- highland --- midland --- lowland --- marginal soil --- land degradation --- endemic plant species --- soil microbes --- arid regions --- bacteria --- degraded land --- fungi --- ITS --- microbial community --- restoration --- 16S rRNA --- Gully Land Consolidation --- backfilled loess --- physical-mechanical property --- microstructural characteristic --- pore size distribution --- sediment transport --- soil erosion --- RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation model) --- human activities --- sediment delivery distributed model --- sediment yield --- SEDD --- sediment delivery ratio --- β coefficient --- micro-dam --- sedimentation --- reclaimed farmland --- constructability --- Ethiopian highlands --- soil organic carbon --- structure stability --- soil type

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This book is a collection of Special Issue articles that aim to discern a people-centered pathway to solving land-based challenges in the context of land administration. It consists of 13 positively evaluated research articles. Each of the articles contributes to the large mosaic of knowledge on land methods (or tools) that are relevant to resolving land challenges that women and youths face. The book highlights 13 critical lessons on “Land, Women, Youths, and Land Tools or Methods.”

voluntary land consolidation --- land fragmentation --- maximum likelihood estimation --- logistic regression model --- sustainable land management --- land exchange --- rural development --- youth --- household --- land --- access --- use --- Techiman --- agricultural land use --- land concentration --- landholding --- Estonia --- Patagonian rural female work --- family farming --- land feminisation --- territory --- censuses --- Argentina --- women --- community development --- Indigenous women organization --- empowerment --- Ghana --- peri-urban area --- peri-urban development --- customary land rights disputes --- land rights --- land-use plan --- tenure security --- Trede --- youth land rights --- gender-responsive land rights framework --- Liberia Land Rights Act --- land governance --- agricultural land acquisition --- urbanization --- household gender equality --- unpaid care work --- women’s economic position --- women’s participation in household decision making --- gender --- women and youth --- communal land governance --- right to land --- collective rights --- participatory action research --- transdisciplinary approach --- COVID-19 --- West and East Africa --- constituencies --- land tenure security --- contract farming --- tea --- agroforestry --- investment --- productivity --- Southern Malawi --- sub-Saharan Africa --- South Korea --- environmental conflicts --- spatial text mining --- atmosphere --- development --- safety --- central java --- flood --- flood management --- Indonesia --- land policy --- land use --- land-use change --- n/a --- inequality --- symbolic violence --- Southern Highlands --- Tanzania --- women's economic position --- women's participation in household decision making

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"Nature Sustainability is an online-only monthly journal publishing the best research about sustainability from the natural and social sciences, as well as from the fields of engineering and policy"-- "'Nature Sustainability' publishes significant original research from a broad range of natural, social and engineering fields about sustainability, its policy dimensions and possible solutions. Understanding how to ensure the well-being of current and future generations within the limits of the natural world is the overarching goal of sustainability research. Decades of academic work have helped to shed light on this crucial issue, but only recently in a more open and joined-up way across different research fields. There is now a much stronger call for integrated knowledge about the Earth, social and technological systems and their interfaces, particularly from outside academia as shown by the global Sustainable Development Goals agenda promoted by the United Nations.- Against this backdrop, researchers will find even stronger support to develop a deep understanding of those interactions and find answers to questions like: How extreme are the impacts of human actions on the natural environment and what are their implications for the continuation of life on Earth? Are there long-term solutions to environmental crises and of what kind? To what extent are environmental and human crises connected? Why do social inequalities and human suffering persist across the globe? How do we measure environmental and human well-being and track progress of policies and interventions to ensure it? What kinds of behavioural and institutional barrier inhibit the transformations needed to achieve more sustainable lifestyles, economies and societies more broadly? The journal is particularly interested in research offering novel insights into these questions.- 'Nature Sustainability' will cover topics including agriculture and food security, biodiversity conservation, circular economy, cities and urbanisation, climate change in holistic context, development, ecosystem services, education, environmental behaviour, environmental degradation, environmental law, green infrastructure, health and environment, human population, innovation, land use and land use change, natural capital, natural resources management, policy, pollution, poverty, supply chain, waste, water–energy–food and water-soil-waste connections and others, all as related to sustainability. In addition to publishing original research and analyses, 'Nature Sustainability' will publish Comment, Reviews, Perspectives, News & Views, Features and Correspondence from across the full range of disciplines concerned with sustainability.- Part of the journal's mission is to facilitate a cross-disciplinary dialogue around sustainability issues, and narrow the gap between research and policy making. Disciplines covered in the journal: Agronomy ; Anthropology ; Atmospheric Science ; Biogeochemistry ; Business Studies ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; Civil Engineering ; Demography ; Development Studies ; Ecology ; Economics ; Education ; Energy ; Environmental Health ; Environmental Science & Engineering ; Epidemiology ; Ethics ; Finance ; Forestry ; Geography ; Hydrology ; Humanities ; Industrial Ecology ; Materials Science & Engineering ; Nanotechnology ; Oceanography ; Policy Studies ; Political Science ; Psychology ; Public Policy ; Science, Technology and Society ; Sociology ; Soil Science ; Urban Science and Studies ; Water Science and Studies."--

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