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Construct rain garden at low spot to slow runoff
Erosion and sediment pollution due to storm runoff are growing problems in most urban areas. Excessive storm runoff results in loss of topsoil, nutrients and water as well as sediment buildup in nearby lakes and streams.
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Old logging practices linked to high erosion rates
Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy rainstorms, report University of Oregon researchers.
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Degraded rivers, unsustainable farming catalysts for soil erosion
Western Cape rivers are generally degraded and unstable, said Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s (DoA’s) Hans King.br>He explained that this was caused by the flourishing invasive alien plant species in rivers, the disappearance of indigenous riverine plants, the narrowing of river channels, owing to developments in the flood plains, and the bulldozing of river beds by landowners.
King was one of the speakers at the International Erosion Control Association Southern Africa Chapter conference, recently held in George, in the Western Cape province.
He said that a clear dynamic of the rivers is the knock-on effect of erosion. Runaway erosion
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Climate Change Expanding Dead Zones in Great Lakes, Other Waters
Nitrogen and phosphorous-laden sediments flowing into Lake Erie from inland sources are a primary cause of oxygen-starved dead zones. This animation shows sediment plumes in Lake Erie during March 2010.
Areas of low oxygen are 30 times more prevalent in the nation’s waterways now than they were in 1960, according to a recent federal report. And climate change means they will continue to worsen.
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West Bank levee work could come at expense of east bank projects
The interim plan will add height to 16 miles of levee between Algiers and the Oakville community in Plaquemines Parish. It calls for using, for the first time,soil stabilized with lime to build levees so steep that the crowns must be lined with curbs in hopes of keeping people and vehicles off the slopes.
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After the Fire Slope Restoration Project Safeguards Water Supply
Without vegetation, the steep 2:1 slopes surrounding Lauro Reservoir were highly susceptible to severe erosion, raising concern that the eroded soil and ash from the fire might run downhill and accumulate, threatening the water quality of the reservoir.
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Poverty, neglect make rural areas susceptible to storms like Tomas
Poverty and government neglect of rural areas have made Haiti especially vulnerable to disasters such as earthquakes and tropical storms, which can be expected to strike periodically. Experts say a long-term solution requires attacking the problem on various fronts -- economic development, infrastructure, improving health care and education, and reforesting the land to reduce soil erosion and stabilize hillsides.
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$10 MILLION IN WATERSHED AND FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS TO BENEFIT IOWA COMMUNITIES
(Media-Newswire.com) - ( DES MOINES ) – This morning, several state agency representatives and community leaders announced several new projects to help Iowa minimize erosion, manage runoff and mitigate future flood damage. The announcement was made at the University of Iowa’s Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory in Iowa City.
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Appropriate technology vs poverty
Sometimes, we just have to look under our noses to uncover profitable business opportunities. Agricultural engineer Dr. Justino Arboleda, winner of the Y2005 BBC Awards for World Entrepreneur, was dean

of the Bicol State University Department of Agriculture when he did intensive studies on why the coconut farmers were poor. He confirmed what the economists had been saying all along: low productivity because of low access to technology was a major reason for the widespread poverty in coconut producing areas.
As a graduate student at Tokyo University, Arboleda observed the use of synthetic textiles for soil erosion control in road and other construction projects in Japan. He later developed
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A long–awaited dredging of Stump Pass is moving forward after Charlotte County approved a contract bid on Tuesday.
Commissioners awarded the maintenance and erosion control contract to Southwind Construction Corp. of Evansville, Indiana, for $3.76 million. Funding will primarily come from a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant and the Stump Pass Beach Renourishment MSTU/BU, or municipal service taxing unit/benefit unit. The bid was $1 million under budget, county administrator Ray Sandrock said.
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Third International Conference on Desertification to be held in Israel
For decades, Israel has been perfecting desertification solutions. With increasing soil erosion, salinization and groundwater mismanagement, it's time to share them with the world. Prof. Alon Tal: "If you do nothing about desertification, people will starve and die."
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Environmental Protection Ministry Publishes Indicators on the State of the Environment in Israel
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has published a report on The Environment in Israel – Indicators, Data and Trends 2010. The publication is based on an unprecedented number of indicators, mostly environmental, but some relating to economic and social fields as well.
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Fight desertification – feed the world
Experts at transforming the disadvantages of the desert into advantages, Israel is sharing its solutions for the growing problem of desertification with the world.
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United Nations Launches from Colorado State University Decade–Long Effort to Address World's Drylands
FORT COLLINS - Today at Colorado State University, the United Nations announced the North American launch of its Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification and highlighted the critical roles universities and the scientific community play in addressing climate change and other global aspects of land degradation.
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