Ecoregion

Dominant Practices

North American Deserts

Dams, stone walls, ditches. From 2012, dams no longer dominate and practices are diversified, with contour bunding and the use of dead plant material as soil cover.

Tropical Dry Forests

Contour bunding, ditches, terraces, stone walls. From 2011, they are used in conjunction with other practices: the use of dead plant material as soil cover and living barriers.

Tropical Humid Forests

Agroforestry systems, acahuales, living terraces, living barriers, green manure, windbreaks, living fences. In the first years (until 2010-2012), dams and ditches were mainly constructed; they were gradually completed with terraces with a soil cover of dead plants and agroforestry systems.

Temperate Sierras

Dams, ditches, terraces, stone walls and use of dead plant material as soil cover. In the first years (until 2011), the construction of dams dominated. Then, ditches and stone walls were mostly constructed and used in conjunction with dead plant material as soil cover.

Southern Semi-Arid Highlands

Dams, ditches, terraces, stone walls, contour bunding. In 2011, the construction of dams no longer dominates and is replaced by ditches, stone walls, use of dead plant material as soil cover and, occasionally, subsoiling.