The effectiveness of forest reclamation on sloping lands in arid conditions

UDC 630.90

DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2024.127.4.012.87-91

Evgenia A. Korneevae-mail: korneeva-e@vfanc.ru, Cand. Sci. (Agr.), Leading Researcher, Head of Laboratory, ORCID: 0000-0001-6796-1955

Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Federal Scientific Centre of Agroecology, Complex Melioration and Protective Afforestation of the Russian Academy of Sciences» (FSC of Agroecology RAS), e-mail: info@vfanc.ru, 400062, Universitetskiy Prospekt, 97, Volgograd, Russia

 Abstract.. In the world, environmental problems related to agriculture have been solved for a long time with the help of forest reclamation. The international scientific community has shown interest in this innovative method of ensuring the sustainability of rural areas, as it has great potential to improve the state of soil cover and the environment in arid regions, as well as improve. rural populations. The main method used to assess the effectiveness of forest reclamation was the modeling of protective forest cover (the ratio of protective forest stands and crop rotations) and a systematic analysis of the data obtained. The costs associated with the creation of forest reclamation complexes were calculated using a basic resource approach. The benefits of the presence of trees in the agricultural landscape were assessed using the method of the total economic value of their ecosystem services. It was found that the total cost of measures for antierosion forest reclamation of slopes in arid conditions ranges from 5.5 to 12.5 thousand rubles per hectare of forested area and directly depends on the steepness of the slope, the level of protective forest cover and the method used to create forest plantations. At the same time, the benefits received from forest reclamation systems in the form of ecosystem services exceed the costs of creating forest reclamation complexes by about 9-14 times.

 Keywords:soil erosion, slope lands, agricultural lands, forest reclamation, cost efficiency

Funding: The study was carried out on the topic of the State Task of the Federal Research Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. FNFE-2022-0015 «Management of desertification processes in arid territories according to monitoring data of soils, climate and lands subject to desertification using mathematical modeling methods».

Citation:: Корнеева Е. А. Эффективность лесной мелиорации на склоновых землях в засушливых условиях // Научно-агрономический журнал. 2024. 4(127). C. 87-91. DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2024.127.4.012.87-91

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