Sentences with phrase «reduce erosion»

Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. — Hudson Highlands Gateway Park Tree Planting, CORTLANDT, Westchester County — Help us plant native trees and shrubs to reduce erosion and help improve water quality.

The exact same actions that would reduce global warming would also preserve general air & water quality, reduce the levels of toxins in our food, ensure we have energy to meet our demands, reduce erosion, and maintain wild places for us to enjoy.

It is equally distressing that forests and other sources of wood and other biomass are allowed to literally walk away when they are so badly needed to hold the soil, reduce erosion, and feed and protect the animals that have long made it their homes.

Promotion of good soil conservation initiatives to reduce erosion and improve environmental conservation

With the cost of wind - generated electricity now competitive with that generated from fossil fuels, constructing rows of wind turbines in strategic areas to slow the wind could greatly reduce the erosion of soil.

For example, improved conservation practices can greatly reduce erosion rates (Souchere et al., 2005), while clear - cutting a forest during a «slash - and - burn» operation has a huge negative impact on susceptibility to runoff and erosion.

Paying timber owners not to cut down forests that serve as carbon sinks (the idea behind the REDD proposal to the UNFCCC), or paying farmers not to cultivate land in order reduce erosion damage (as is being done in China and the US), are examples.

Here are just some of the many benefits that these systems provide all at once: green infrastructure absorbs and sequesters atmospheric carbon dioxide (C02); filters air and water pollutants; stabilizes soil to prevent or reduce erosion; provides wildlife habitat; decreases solar heat gain; lowers the public cost of stormwater management infrastructure and provides flood control; and reduces energy usage through passive heating and cooling.

Cotappers help the poor adapt to climate change by funding the planting, restoration, and protection of forests which increase food security, reduce erosion, protect and enhance biodiversity and watersheds, provide shade, and serve as critical hydrological sponges.

● Assist park staff with routine maintenance duties such as brushing trails with power equipment, clearing out water drains and outsloping to reduce erosion on trails.

Keeping the Soil in Its Place — Utah AITC Dirt: Secrets in the Soil Lessons, exercises, and hands - on activities about causes of erosion and ways to reduce erosion.

This will allow the groundwater to be replenished during the annual summer flood and will also reduce erosion along the river banks.

The study, published in Nov. 2017 in Agronomy Journal, was the brainchild of the late Don Tyler, a renown UTIA soil scientist, who was interested in how no - till and cover crops may help reduce erosion.

The agency thus determined the so - called soil loss tolerance values, or T values, on the basis of what farmers could do to reduce erosion without «undue economic impact» using conventional farming equipment.

In the Niagara County section of the Tonawanda Creek Sub-watershed participating farms received funding to cover their Barnyards to reduce erosion of animal wastes.

In the Southern Tier; Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded $ 77,255 to work with 6 farms to implement cover crops, which are planted to improve soil quality, reduce erosion, and to increase soil organic matter to improve resiliency during periods of flood and drought.

LID and green infrastructure can help the region plan and prepare for extreme storm events and reduce erosion, flooding, and pollution of waterways while supporting public and environmental health.

Soil conservation methods such as contour planting or no - till farming reduce erosion, keeping the soil in place during heavy rains or floods — a major concern in certain parts of the world such as India.

MillerCoors is giving out about $ 700,000 to landowners in the Trinity River Basin that use strategies that reduce erosion and runoff, such as restoring native plants and rotating cattle grazing, according to Trinity Waters, a non-profit conservation group.

MillerCoors» water - saving effort — focused in Texas, California and Colorado — involves using sensors to release just enough water for irrigation, planting native grass to reduce erosion and runoff and keeping a close eye on leaky machinery in its breweries.

The frequent use of under - utilized species (often as rotation crops to build soil fertility) reduces erosion of agro-biodiversity, creating a healthier gene pool - the basis for future adaptation.

Organic farming practices help reduce pollutants in groundwater and drinking water, and create richer soil that aids plant growth while reducing erosion.

Walk on trails to experience varieties in terrain, observe erosion and discover two methods used to slow erosion; play an active game that simulates water flowing downhill and how plant cover reduces erosion; and work as a team to create a model that maps the shapes and types of landforms and bodies of water at Moose Hill.

That both improves water absorption and reduces erosion.

Jerry Glover, a soil scientist, shows off a perennial wheatgrass plant's long roots, which grow deeper than annual plants» roots, improving soil structure and reducing erosion.

«Rural communities would receive badly - needed income, while benefits such as improved soil health, greater biodiversity and reduced erosion would benefit society as a whole.

«Planting can achieve other environmental goals, such as reducing erosion and salinity risk and potentially providing habitat.

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.

Organic farming reduces pollutants in groundwater and creates richer soil that aids plant growth while reducing erosion.

This approach not only results in a better visitor experience but also reduces erosion in the lower watershed, ultimately enhancing the diverse coastal habitats in the area.

Because of the plant's ability to easily establish and cover the surface soils of steep slopes, researchers have suggested that woodland strawberry might also be an important species for reducing erosion potential after a fire.

«Our projects create other indirect co-benefits like improved food security, biodiversity, soil quality, and reduced erosion,» Whitley added.

«Rural communities would receive badly - needed income, while benefits such as improved soil health, greater biodiversity and reduced erosion would benefit society as a whole.

Other benefits include reduced erosion, improved biodiversity, and decreased air and water pollution from inefficient manure management.

«It's helped [in] reducing erosion and led to biomass and carbon sequestration, in addition to providing economic benefits to local communities.

In addition to reducing erosion, this practice retains water, raises soil carbon content, and greatly reduces energy use for tillage.

In newly built homes, the «green» features can also encompass land planning techniques that preserve the natural environment, site development that reduces erosion and protects trees, indoor and outdoor water conservation, use of recyclable and renewable materials, waste reduction, rescue, and recycling during construction and throughout the life of the home.

Not exact matches

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In addition, this paper could contribute in the long - term to reducing instability, another threat to erosion in public trust and publicly - provided liquidity in markets.

Additionally, reducing livestock could free up global cropland, decrease soil erosion, and relieve pressure on the world's water supply.

Regulation Management In October the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project released a report outlining its progress on a series of steps it was taking to combat tactics — often legal but ethically questionable — used by many multinational companies to reduce or eliminate tax liabilities across their operations.

As a result of this all too typical pattern of unjust land distribution, for example, 77 percent of the land in El Salvador, where fourteen families control the wealth, is suffering from erosion, according to a recent study.25 A more just distribution of land would greatly reduce the negative impact on the environment.

These developments also cause soil erosion, and reduce the quality of the food we eat.

Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

The material is converted into mulch that is spread in Limoneira's orchards to curb erosion, improve water efficiency, reduce weeds and moderate soil temperatures.

Farming is done on a four - year rotation of potatoes, cover - crop rye, no - till corn, no - till wheat, and cover - crop sorghum Sudan grass to reduce soil erosion and disease.

Farmers using climate - smart practices understand that trees do a lot on farms: they can act as windbreaks, reducing soil erosion; they can enrich soil; they can filter water, resulting in higher water quality; they provide shade for workers and shade - loving plants; they create habitat for wildlife and wildlife corridors; they suck up and store greenhouse gasses — the list goes on.

The family had stopped using herbicides on the farm in the mid-1970s, and in the early 1980s, Albert replaced tilling fields, used to grow silage, with a no - till method of planting, to prevent soil erosion and reduce fuel consumption.

This is done by adding compost on pasture to increase soil health, planting wind breaks and hedge rows to reduce soil erosion, planned rotational grazing of animals to best manage pasture health, and planting perennial grasses to increase underground root systems.

The authors concluded that the organic agriculture system was more effective than the conventional agriculture system in reducing soil erosion and in maintaining soil productivity.