Fighting DESERTIFICATION


                                                       one way is with Stone Lines or diguettes


Basic Point...

Elaboration ...

 

Find (contour) level on sloping ground

How do they do this?

Enthuse the local village people

How? Where?

Train local volunteers

Why local volunteers?

Carry stones and pile them along the lines

Who?

The stones trap the run-off when it rains

Why is this good?

Mark the level

How do they do this?

The stones trap the soil in the run-off

Why is this good.

So next year ….

What happens

 

 

Why is this project SUSTAINABLE?

Simple low technology

Cheap

Involves local people

Effective

Able to repair/replicate