RECONDES - Combating Land Degradation by Minimal Intervention: The COnnectivity Reduction Approach

The aim of these guidelines is to present novel and effective sustainable measures to reduce the on-site problems of land degradation in two ways: • identification of ‘hotspots’ in the landscape where runoff occurs, increasing soil degradation; • application of environmentally sound and effective revegetation strategies on the identified hotspots using suitable plant species. This approach is different from other approaches in that it identifies hotspots and focuses on the application of appropriate vegetation species to these areas, whereas in other approaches measures are applied across the entire landscape.