The Siwalik Hills is one of the most fragile and vulnerable ecosystems in the Nepalese Himalaya where soil erosion and land degradation issues are fundamental. There is very limited knowledge on soil erosion processes and rates in this region in comparison to other regions of the Himalaya. The...

Concern about soil erosion on arable land in Britain dates back at least 40 years. Monitoring schemes and case studies have subsequently identified the areas at risk, the rates and frequencies and the major factors responsible for erosion. Initial concern focused on impacts on the farm and...

This article is intended as a review of the current situation regarding the impact of olive cultivation in Southern Spain (Andalusia) on soil degradation processes and its progression into yield impacts, due to diminishing soil profile depth and climate change in the sloping areas where it is...

In recent decades, the off-site transport of sediment and nutrients from agricultural land into the neighbouring natural and built environment has become a more pressing environmental sustainability issue than the on-site threats of soil erosion in many of the world’s temperate regions. In the...

Agriculture in mountainous areas in Vietnam has much intensified since the introduction of market-based reforms in the mid 1980s. The adoption of hybrid maize varieties, mineral fertilizers and reduction in fallow periods has improved farm incomes, but has also led to a dramatic increase in soil...

Markov chain analysis (one-step and long-run) is applied to the National Resources Inventory (NRI) database to evaluate changes in wind-based soil erosion rates over time. The research compares changes in soil erosion rates between NRI sample sites with and without applied conservation practices...

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Soil erosion increasingly poses a great threat to human food security and environmental quality. It is necessary to implement the assessment of soil erosion so as to provide precautionary measures and relevant suggestions for soil conservation. In this paper, the soil erosion model, revised...

Rainfall has a considerable role in soil erosion and can be used to determine the rate of soil erosion at different areas. In general, the erosivity factor is represented by erosivity indices that are based on rainfall characteristics and drastically varies from place to place. However,...

The minute study of the magnitude of changeability and the trend of the rainfall erosivity index has not been taken carried out yet in Iran. The present research therefore aimed to analyze the trends of the rainfall erosivity index as an initial step in the study of the consequences of climatic...