Fighting erosion in the humid tropics.

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Fighting erosion in the humid tropics.

Erosion is especially severe in the humid tropics due largely to the high intensity rainfall, erodible soils and human encroachment into steeper topography because of mounting population pressures. Countries in this region can hardly bear the damage caused to the soil resources which hits them twice...

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Main Author:	Wan Harun, Wan Sulaiman
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	1988
Subjects:	Soil conservation - Tropics Soil physics - Tropics - Research
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17848/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17848/1/ID%2017848.pdf

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