He continued: If the soil is lost, there is no alternative, as a result, the land will lose its fertility and cause a lot of damage to the region.
Betarek said: In the sloping agricultural lands of the province, plowing is done in the direction of the slope and it is plowed every year, so when it rains, it becomes muddy with the flow of runoff, so the best solution is to plant stable species such as fruitful trees.
Golestan’s technical deputy and watershed management of natural resources stated: The limit of our supervision is national lands (452 thousand hectares of forests) and pasture lands (862 hectares) and we must carry out restoration and improvement operations on these lands.
Golestan’s deputy technical and watershed management of natural resources continued: Or we should create agricultural terraces on slopes above 10-18% so that the soil inside them does not disappear and remains in the same area.
According to the studies carried out so far, seven internal crisis centers related to wind erosion have been identified, which, along with the active dust centers in the Karagum region of Turkmenistan, pose a serious threat and concern.
The prevailing conditions in these areas have made the lives of local communities living in the northern regions of the province difficult and difficult, because the livelihood of these communities depends on environmental resources and soil erosion, in addition to causing economic losses and destruction of natural resources, causes instability in border security in terms of The population will migrate and the villages will be empty.
In order to preserve and prevent soil wastage as a source of water and food security and to reduce the damage and problems caused by it, a set of activities and measures in the three axes of watershed management and soil protection, biological measures and management measures to improve the existing conditions (protection and Grazing management and collaborative natural resource management projects) are on the agenda, which is expected to reduce soil erosion.
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