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Afforestation of arable land

Submitted by Philippe Lanceleur on
Afforestation of an erosion affected area
Case study id
technologies_5930
Local name
Erdőtelepítés
Location
POINT (16.834851182989 46.728419326622)
Country
Hungary
Summary
Afforestation is planting trees on previously non-forested land. Trees hold the soil and reduce runoff, and thus prevent erosion of the most fertile layers. It is an effective way to rehabilitate degraded lands, being a nature-based solution which addresses flood and soil erosion impacts.