The frequency and intensity of natural hazards and extreme events has increased
throughout the last century, resulting in adverse socioeconomic and ecological impacts …

There is a worldwide risk of fire spread due to the mismanagement of stubble in agricultural
land. In 2019, 3.6% of the forest area was damaged by fires in Turkey due to stubble …

About 44% of the Indian landmass experiences the adverse impact of land degradation. This
loss of sediments caused by soil erosion reduces the water quality of local water bodies and …

Agriculture is known to commonly cause soil degradation. In the Mediterranean, soil erosion
is widespread due to the millennia-old farming, and new drip-irrigated plantations on slopes …

Although vegetation is increasingly used to mitigate landslide risks, how vegetation roots
affect the landslide threshold of slope has rarely been explored, particularly in the case of …

Farmland abandonment is a growing issue in many mountainous regions worldwide,
particularly in the Mediterranean basin. The central region of Gennargentu-Mandrolisai in …

Discriminating the potential sources contributing to lacustrine sediment is helpful for
decision-making for catchment soils and lake management strategies within lake-catchment …

The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations call for applying soil
management practices that contribute land degradation neutrality. Our objectives were to …

Mulching is a method of controlling wind erosion in arid and desert areas. In this study, the
effects of oil mulch on some properties of soil were investigated, and the optimum amount of …

Semiarid ecosystems of Chile with Mediterranean climate support high demographic rates
and maintain important economies associated with the productivity of the natural …