What is the process of restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted called?
Afforestatiion
Reforestation
Carbon farming
Sustainable agriculture
What is the informal geologic chronological term for the period that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems?
Cretaceous
Holocene
Anthropocene
Jurassic
Transformation of habitable land to desert is known as:
Urbanization
Desertification
Afforestation
Universal Soil Loss Equation predicts the amount of soil losses that may occur from:
Wind erosion
Rill erosion
Gully erosion
Tillage erosion
Which of the following may lead to desertification?
Low precipitation
Salinisation
Acidification
All of the above
Which of the following is the most serious environmental consequence of soil degradation?
Dust storms
Mudflows
Salinization
The act of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment is known as:
No-till farming
Which of the following project was aimed to produce a world map of human-induced soil degradation?
GLASOD
ASSOD
SOVEUR
LADA
What is the process that leads to the accumulation of soluble salts in soil called?
Saltation
Soil erosion
What is the minimum soil depth required for agricultural production?
10 mm
100 cm
150 mm
150 cm