Site Implementation Plan: Ribeira Seca, Cape Verde

Table of Contents

1. Site Information
2. Summary
3. Location description
4. Location of experimental fields
5. Stakeholder information
6. Land use
7. Conservation measures and experimental setup
   1. Experimental setup
   2. Technologies implemented
   3. Variables monitored
   4. Target zones
8. Monitoring activities
9. Analysis

Target zones

The main target zones are:

1. Longueira sub watershed
2. Covada sub watershed
3. Pico da Antónia sub watershed

Figure 4: Ribeira Seca watershed and the target sub watersheds where the two technologies will be implemented.

To better monitor the study site, 8 data logger will be installed, 6 rainfall gauges along the Ribeira Seca watershed.

Figure 5: Example of the management of slopes with the two Technologies (vegetative barrier and afforestation) selected during the second stakeholder workshop.

All the slopes unprotected or poorly protected and used to practice rain fed agriculture (maize and bean) will be treated with vegetative barrier and forestry trees.