Sustainable land management interventions to combat devastating soil
erosion, sand and dust storms in Iceland
Revegetation measures with lyme
grass, birch trees and lupine, combined with grazing management in Iceland’s
volcanic highlands and coastal communities mitigates soil losses and reduces
wind erosion.
The iIllustrated Policy Brief presents for this case study the main impacts
of SLM both on- and offsite with facts, figures and latest insights. It shows
key messages, and the implications for practice, policy and research.
The most promising SLM Technologies and SLM Approaches with a range of
benefits both on-site and offsite were documented using the WOCAT SLM
Technologies and Approaches Questionnaire and Database
Lyme grass is is sown by machines for revegetation in sandy areas to increase the vegetation cover, to capture and stabilise the moving sand. The extensive root system allows the plant to grow in sandy underground and thus protects the soil from extensive wind erosion.
Mitigating Sand and Dust Storms with Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Iceland
Iceland
is affected by devastating sand and dust storms, which have impacts on
the land (onsite) and far away (offsite) e.g. in a fishing town on the
Atlantic coast. The role of Sustainable Land Management and its impact
close to the town as well as far away in the volcanic uplands is
illustrated, as well as the efforts made by the soil conservation
service and individual land users. Impressive landscape images and
statements by initiative land users.
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