Meet the farmers in southeastern Spain fighting desertification

[@threeriversforge1997]

One key detail missed out on is how things happening way up in the hills, maybe done generations before, are causing the problems seen today. The earth moves at a very slow pace, and it's arrogant of us to think that what we did yesterday is going to show an impact today. In the US, we've learned that when the beavers were removed 100 years ago, that set in motion a very slow chain reaction that has led to the flooding and desertification of the land today. Beavers up in the mountains (which includes the Eurasion beaver) were critical to holding back the winter rainfall and snowmelt in the higher elevations. They dammed up even the smallest tributaries and gave the water time to sink into the ground. With them removed a century ago, people have forgotten they were ever there in the first place and assume the desertification is somehow tied to something entirely different. So the solution is to go up into the hills and build what we call Beaver Dam Analogs, mimicking what the beavers did. If all you have to work with is rock and dirt, that's what you use. There used to be trees aplenty there, but with the beaver gone, so went the trees and we have to do what we can with what we have. One Rock Dams, also known as Leaky Weirs, work wonderfully at backing up the water, slowing and spreading the flow, so that it has time to enter the ground. This in turn creates a lush Riparian Zone filled with grasses and small trees. And that makes the ground even easier for water to penetrate, which sets off a positive chain reaction of more growth due to the higher water table.

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Are there no beavers left at all?

[@threeriversforge1997]

@@JobHuntingAbroad In a lot of places, there are no beavers at all. And they can't be returned to the area because the land has been dried up to the point that it couldn't sustain a beaver family. That's why it's up to us to get the ball rolling by installing "Beaver Dam Analogs" that mimic what beavers once did. Even on a very small scale, this makes a huge difference at the local level... and paves the way for future beavers to move in.

[@Julian-je8jj]

Qué gran trabajo.....maravilloso ❤❤

[@dragoljubzgonjanin9631]

Bravooo 👍 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Singlemotherdaily]

Video hay ❤❤❤❤

[@SamiSimo-w4k]

Hello, I love the countryside and I love working there. Is there any work given that I am Algerian and do not have a visa?

[@magesalmanac6424]

What about swales and burms

[@estebancorral5151]

Did you not see those hillsides?They require key lines. You should not be like parrot repeating without understanding.

[@luminadoDoBronx]

The Sahara desert is not "moving up". Its Spanish regulation and water overconsumption/waste that is provoking desertification.

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

Climate change

[@amparoalvarez9001]

No, there is an influence every year with the winds coming from Africa...They bring sand and heat inland with the high winds...

[@AleksandrasoVikarauskaso]

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