Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands
Serious land degradation have been occurring during the building of new roads associated with the construction of Deriner Dam, one of 15 large dams planned by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Affairs and implemented within the Coruh Dam Projects. In this study, whether terracing and planti...
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| author | Mehmet Özalp Ferit Dehşet Bülent Turgut Saim Yıldırımer Eren İnanlı |
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| description | Serious land degradation have been occurring during the building of new roads associated with the construction of Deriner Dam, one of 15 large dams planned by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Affairs and implemented within the Coruh Dam Projects. In this study, whether terracing and planting of seedling efforts in degraded areas as a result of building new roads within erosion control and reforestation efforts have any effect on improving soil characteristics were investigated. In accordance with this purpose, parameters including soil texture, pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, total lime, and electrical conductivity were determined for 45 soil samples taken from three different areas; two of which were erosion control areas where terraces built and planted with acacia and yellow pine seedlings, along an undisturbed (control) area with natural forests. After evaluating statistical analyses run on the soils data, it was determined that the reforestation efforts have resulted in improvements of soil properties at some degree but when they are compared to the soils of the undisturbed natural forest, it is clear that the degree of improvement is not sufficient yet. For example, while the organic matter of 3.71% and pH of 7.69 were determined for the forest area, same parameters were found as 1.13% and 7.99 for the acacia and 0.86% and 7.93 for the yellow pine areas, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8612fa0b401e4507ac45eab620cefbc62025-02-02T08:17:12ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402528-96402015-08-0111-2748810.21324/dacd.92417Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep LandsMehmet Özalp0Ferit Dehşet1Bülent Turgut2Saim Yıldırımer3Eren İnanlı4Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümü, 08000, Artvin.Elazığ Orman Bölge Müdürlüğü, Van Orman İşletme Müdürlüğü, Van Orman İşletme Şefliği, 65000, Van.Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümü, 08000, Artvin.Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümü, 08000, Artvin.Karabudak Tarım Hayvancılık A.Ş., Çankaya, 06400, Ankara.Serious land degradation have been occurring during the building of new roads associated with the construction of Deriner Dam, one of 15 large dams planned by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Affairs and implemented within the Coruh Dam Projects. In this study, whether terracing and planting of seedling efforts in degraded areas as a result of building new roads within erosion control and reforestation efforts have any effect on improving soil characteristics were investigated. In accordance with this purpose, parameters including soil texture, pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, total lime, and electrical conductivity were determined for 45 soil samples taken from three different areas; two of which were erosion control areas where terraces built and planted with acacia and yellow pine seedlings, along an undisturbed (control) area with natural forests. After evaluating statistical analyses run on the soils data, it was determined that the reforestation efforts have resulted in improvements of soil properties at some degree but when they are compared to the soils of the undisturbed natural forest, it is clear that the degree of improvement is not sufficient yet. For example, while the organic matter of 3.71% and pH of 7.69 were determined for the forest area, same parameters were found as 1.13% and 7.99 for the acacia and 0.86% and 7.93 for the yellow pine areas, respectively.http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/52689land degradationsoil erosionerosion control and reforestation efforts |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet Özalp Ferit Dehşet Bülent Turgut Saim Yıldırımer Eren İnanlı Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi land degradation soil erosion erosion control and reforestation efforts |
| title | Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands |
| title_full | Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands |
| title_fullStr | Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands |
| title_short | Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands |
| title_sort | role of terracing and reforestation efforts on improving soil properties in degraded steep lands |
| topic | land degradation soil erosion erosion control and reforestation efforts |
| url | http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/52689 |
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