Objective Of Soil And Water Conservation

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Objective Of Soil And Water Conservation
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Conservation

• The preservation and careful management of
• the environment and of natural resources.

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• Soil Conservation
• Protection of soil against erosion or
• deterioration.
• Water Conservation
• Water conservation refers to reducing the usage
• of water and recycling of waste water for
  different
• purposes such as cleaning, manufacture, and
• agricultural irrigation.

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SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

• In a predominantly agricultural system, the
  objective of improving the productivity,
  profitability and prosperity of the farmers and
  achieving agricultural development on an
  ecologically sustainable basis can be attained
  only when conservation, development and
  management of the land and water resources are
  assured.

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Why soil and water conservation

• Land and water is a natural resource
• Land provides food, fuel, fodder and shelter
• Depletion of land resources and the quality of
  land
• Soil erosion
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Why soil and water conservation

• It takes nature 600-1000 years to build 2.5 cm of
  top soil but get displaced in a year due to
  misuse, as a result it become the harmful single
  factor in the deterioration of productive land.
• It has been proved that soil lost from
  unprotected land is about 120 tons ha-1 yr-1 and
  may go as high as 300 tons ha-1 yr-1.

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Objective of Soil Conservation

• Enhancing and sustaining productivity
• Generating additional employment opportunities
• Increase income through secured livelihood in
  rural areas.
• Maintaining beneficial relationship between land
  and water cycles and moderate hazards of droughts
  and flood.
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Objective of Soil Conservation

• Retarding Watershed degradation caused by
• Deforestation,
• Soil erosion,
• Land degradation
• Hydrologic deterioration of the watersheds.
• Locating, reclaiming and developing cultivable
  wastelands,

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 Objective of water conservation

• Sustainability
• To ensure availability for future generations.
• Energy conservation
• Water pumping, delivery, and waste water
  treatment facilities consume a significant amount
  of energy
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 Objective of water conservation

• Habitat conservation
• Minimizing human water use helps to preserve
  fresh water habitats for local wildlife and
  migrating waterfowl, as well as reducing the need
  to build new dams and other water diversion
  infrastructure.

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recommendations

• Water conservation programs are typically
  initiated at the local level, by either
  municipal water utilities or regional
  governments.
• Common strategies include public outreach
  campaigns, tiered water rates (charging
  progressively higher prices as water use
  increases), or restrictions on outdoor water use
  such as lawn watering and car washing.
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recommendations

• Cities in dry climates often require or encourage
  the installation of natural landscaping in new
  homes to reduce outdoor water usage.
• Environmental Protection Agency estimates that
  metering alone can reduce consumption of water
  20 to 40 percent.
• In addition to raising consumer awareness of
  their water use.
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recommendations

• Some researchers have suggested that water
  conservation efforts should be primarily directed
  at farmers, in light of the fact that crop
  irrigation accounts for 70 of the world's fresh
  water use.
• Create awareness among farmers for efficient use
  of water
• Force farmers to grow more water-efficient crops
  and adopt less wasteful irrigation techniques

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conclusion

• Pakistan is one of the countries suffering from
  most serious soil and water loss.
• 1. Need to explore the law of soil and water
  loss, which has laid basis for erosion control.
• 2. Adheres to take large rivers as the diaphysis
  and small-watersheds as the basic unit to
  implement integrated management for the mountain,
  water, forest and roads. Such projects have
  produced significant results.
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conclusion

• 3. National Guidelines for Ecological and
  Environmental Protection, which outlined the
  master plan for soil and water conservation and
  ecological improvement.
• 4. Major ecological improvement projects as key
  of soil and water conservation sites,
• transformation of sloping farmland into
  forestry, sand prevention Great achievement has
  taken place in soil and water conservation, as
  shown in four aspects.

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