The experiences from instructors, users and students from a practitioner, pedagogic and technological perspective have been compiled in a Handbook - Best Practices on Land Degradation and Restoration which will serve also as dissemination tool of the project results. It contains basic knowledge (erosion, contamination, soil properties degradation,…), but also information of specific cases (coastal rehabilitation, bioremediation, bioengineering of rivers, wetland rehabilitaiton, recovery of burnt areas).

Handbook contents:

i-Prologue
ii-Introduction
1-LAND USES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
2-DEGRADATION AND REHABILITATION OF FRESHWATER WETLANDS
3-COASTAL REHABILITATION: GENERAL STRATEGIES AND EXAMPLES
4-SOIL DEGRADATION AND SOIL REHABILITATION TREATMENTS AFTER WILDFIRE
5-POLLUTION: SOIL CONTAMINATION AND SOIL REHABILITATION TREATMENTS
6-LAND REHABILITATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
7-LAND RESTORATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT