Identification of Degraded Land in the Canary Islands; Tests and Reviews

  1. Santamarta, Juan C. 1
  2. Rodríguez-Martín, Jesica 1
  3. Merino, Cristina
  4. Arraiza, M. Paz 2
  5. López, J.V. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03n6nwv02

Revista:
IERI Procedia

ISSN: 2212-6678

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 8

Páginas: 77-82

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.IERI.2014.09.013 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: IERI Procedia

Resumen

Degraded Land is an area that either by natural causes (fires, floods, storms or volcanic eruptions) or more by direct or indirect causes of human action, has been altered or modified from its natural state. Restoration is an activity that initiates or accelerates the recovery of an ecosystem. It can be defined as the set of actions taken in order to reverse or reduce the damage caused in the territory. In the case of the Canary Islands there is a high possibility for the territory to suffer processes that degrade the environment, given that the islands are very fragile ecosystems. Added to this they are territories isolated from the continent, which complicates the process of restoring them. In this paper, the different types of common degraded areas in the Canary Islands are identified, as well as the proposed solutions for remediation, such as afforestation of agricultural land or landfill closure and restoration.

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