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Accelerated soil erosion, caused by mismanagement and abuse of the soil is one of the most serious and difficult forms of land degradation to remedy. In the past, the loss of fertile top soil, together with the often attendant deterioration of the hydrological conditions has caused the abandonment of vast areas of land, and has even led to the decline of whole civilizations.
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Keersebilck, N.C. (1990). Erosion Control in the Tropics. In: De Boodt, M.F., Hayes, M.H.B., Herbillon, A., De Strooper, E.B.A., Tuck, J.J. (eds) Soil Colloids and Their Associations in Aggregates. NATO ASI Series, vol 214. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2611-1_21
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