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  1. The monitoring strategy of WB4
  2. Breakdown and overview of site activities
  3. Annex 1 - Overview of WOCAT SLM Technologies QT 9 Specification

Annex 1 - Overview of WOCAT SLM Technologies QT 9 Specification

Liniger et al. 2008. A Framework for Documentation and Evaluation of Sustainable Land Management TECHNOLOGIES. WOCAT CDE/FAO/ISRIC.

Agronomic measures such as conservation agriculture, manuring / composting, mixed cropping, contour cultivation, mulching, etc.
  • are usually associated with annual crops
  • are repeated routinely each season or in a rotational sequence
  • are of short duration and not permanent
  • do not lead to changes in slope profile
  • are normally independent of slope
A1: Vegetation / soil cover
A2: Organic matter / soil fertility
A3: Soil surface treatment
A4: Subsurface treatment
A5: Others
Vegetative measures such as grass strips, hedge barriers, windbreaks, agroforestry etc.
  • involve the use of perennial grasses, shrubs or trees
  • are of long duration
  • often lead to a change in slope profile
  • are often aligned along the contour or against the prevailing wind direction
  • are often spaced according to slope
V1: Tree and shrub cover
V2: Grasses and perennial herbaceous plants
V3: Clearing of vegetation (e.g. fire breaks/reduced fuel)
V4: Others
Management measures such as land use change, area closure, rotational grazing, etc.
  • involve a fundamental change in land use
  • involve no agronomic and structural measures
  • often result in improved vegetative cover
  • often reduce the intensity of use
M1: Change of land use type
M2: Change of management / intensity level
M3: Layout according to natural and human environment
M4: Major change in timing of activities
M5: Control / change of species composition (if annually or in a rotational sequence)
M6: Waste Management: includes recycling, re-use or reduce (artificial and natural methods)
M7: Others
Structural measures such as terraces, banks, bunds, constructions, palisades, etc
  • often lead to a change in slope profile
  • are of long duration or permanent
  • are carried out primarily to control runoff, wind velocity and erosion and to harvest rainwater
  • often require substantial inputs of labour or money when first installed
  • are often aligned along the contour / against prevailing wind direction
  • are often spaced according to slope
  • involve major earth movements and / or construction with wood, stone, concrete, etc.
S1: Bench terraces (slope of terrace bed <6%)
S2: Forward sloping terraces (slope of terrace bed >6%)
S3: Bunds / banks
S4: Graded ditches / waterways (to drain and convey water)
S5: Level ditches / pits
S6: Dams / pans: store excessive water
S7: Reshaping surface (reducing slope)
S8: Walls / barriers / palisades
S9: Others