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Project General Description Data Sources Climate Topography Geology Soils & Ecology Degradation, Impacts & Drivers Restoration Goals Planning & Financing Technical Monitoring & Assessment Landscape & Environmentetal Assessment Socio-Economic Assessment Summary Judgements Units Documents / Images Unit Description Specific Enviromenmtal Characteristics Promotion of autogenic restoration Prior action on brush vegetation Site preparation Planting & Seedling Maintenance Works Plantation/Seeding Results Structure & Biodiversity Functions & Processes Stand/Unit Health

Units 1  IV. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION BY RESTORATION UNITS IV.2. SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS 1.- Microclimate:   2.- Geology: Marly gully basin forming bad lands, surrounded by  3.- General Topography   a) Elevation (m): 400  b) Slope (%): 10-25  c) Aspect: N-NW  4.- Soil description (see Annex 1):   5.- Soil depth (cm):   6.- Water reserve (mm):   7. -Texture: sitry clary  Does texture become heavier down the profile? No Is this a gradual or abrupt change?   8. Rock fragments (in brackets % rock-fragment cover) - Bare to slightly stony (<20) - Stony (20-60) - Very stony (>60)  9. Carbonates - Non calcareous Moderately calcareous - Slightly calcareous - Extremely calcareous 10. pH - Acid (<5.5) - Slightly acid (6.5-5.5) - Neutral (6.5-7.5) - Slightly basic (7.5 -8.5) - Very basic (> 8.5) 11. Nutritional status: - Good  - Medium  Low  Limitant(s) nutrient(s). Describe:   12. Compactation/cementation grade - Strongly  - Indurated Moderately - Not cemented nor compacted - Surface compaction only 13. Drainage - Excessive - Somewhat excessive - Good drainage Poorly drained - Permanent water layer at surface 14. Erosion (before the project): Erosion/accumulation type: flow ang gully erosion  Erosion/accumulation intensity: severe  15. Land use / cover type Previous land use: marginal agriculture, Stipa tenacissima tussock collection and forest  Previous plant formation: Stipa tenacissima tussock communities, dwarf-shrub  Actual land use: forest and crop land  16. Main degradation impact (select from section II.6 and give details): gully erosion

REACTION: This research is supported by the "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" programme, under contract EVK2-2002-80025