Source: Permaculture
Handbook, Bill Mollison
deforestation, followed by erosion and soil loss These are sites of predictable
erosion that could be
prevented.
Diagnostic:
The results:
small-scale erosion leads to worse.
potentially, entire houses could be lost...and
denuded lands suffer loss of topsoil and reduced production
Downstream, the problems
get worse...
Solutions!!
3 prong approach
• Observe and analyze the specific site
• Design
• Implement
3 primary methods
• Contour water retention earthworks “swales” ,
en Espanol, “canals en contorno”—level ditches that allow rainfall to
penetrate and sink in
• Containing water in depressions, for water penetration: Check-
dams, gabions, small dams, sink holes