Agroforestry practices, particularly combined with contour terracing systems for water management, offer a transformative approach for revitalizing degraded lands into productive and resilient ecosystems. Grounded in DAR’s demonstration, research and monitoring, these strategies offer pathways for scalable climate solutions in agriculture, conservation, and restoration.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the role of drylands agroforestry and water harvesting earthworks as nature-based solutions to climate change, conduct assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of drylands agroforestry and water harvesting earthworks in mitigating climate change impacts, and demonstrate the potential for these techniques to revolutionize conventional approaches to public land management for conservation.
Replicate these techniques in Colorado's Front Range through our observations and scientific evidence which confirm that implementing drylands agroecology practices rejuvenates hydrological cycles and enhances soil health and describe how this process fosters significant water retention within the soil, pivotal for regenerating degraded, aridifying, or desertifying land.
Explore the transformative potential of employing innovative agroforestry techniques to combat aridification while creating agricultural viability on marginalized landscapes.
