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Soil Bioengineering Measures in Latin America: Authocthonal Cuttings Suitability

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The variety of Soil bioengineering techniques usable for disaster mitigation, environmental restoration and poverty reduction is nowadays little known in developing countries. Research on authochtonal plants suitable for this kind of works is the essential first step for the divulgation of this discipline. The present paper is focused on this issue related to the realization of various typologies of Soil Bio-engineering works in the Humid tropic of Ecuador. Realizing live palisades alongside an unpaved road, an experimental plot was obtained by planting 100 cuttings of each of the following species: Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh (local common name: Guanto); Euphorbia cotinifolia L. (local common name: Lechoso); Malvaviscus penduliflorus DC. (local common name: Cucarda), Trichanthera gigantea (Humb. & Bonpl.) Nees (local common names: Nacedero, quiebrabarriga, inchabarriga).

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Acknowledgments

The work presented in this paper was performed within the framework of the project “Reducción de riesgos por desastres en Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas” (“Disaster Risk Reduction in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas”). This undertaking was introduced by the non-governmental organization CRIC and received the European Union’s DIPECHO funds.

The species identification was made possible thanks to the support of Prof. Carlos Cerón de la Universidad Central del Ecuador and Prof. Paul A. Fryxell of the University of Texas.

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Petrone, A., Preti, F. (2013). Soil Bioengineering Measures in Latin America: Authocthonal Cuttings Suitability. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31313-4_43

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