Conserving soil is not only beneficial for the environment, as it also plays an important role in helping individuals in rural areas. "Reducing land degradation is more likely to be achieved by supporting NGOs that focus on agriculture and the environment, promoting nonfarm activities, and controlling population growth or facilitating emigration from the highlands, thus reducing soil erosion and nutrient depletion" (Nkonya x).
In many cases cultural values are extremely important in influencing locals to take on a more respectful attitude toward the environment. By being provided with education emphasizing nature's dependence on them concomitantly with their dependence on nature, individuals are probable to acknowledge that it would be in their best interest to fight in order to conserve soil. Many farmers are concerned about their lands and go through great trouble in order to profit as much as possible as a result of exploiting them. However, they are unable to understand that it is also important for them to preserve these lands by employing a series of relatively easy strategies. Many farming practices...
While many environmental institutions focus on dealing with large corporations in an attempt to save the natural world, the fact that they fail to acknowledge the importance of starting small reflects negatively on them and on the environment in general.
Works cited:
Huckle and Sterling, Stephen R., "Education for sustainability," (Earthscan, 1996)
Leopold, Aldo, "The Land Ethic"
Nkonya, Ephraim, "Strategies for Sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda," (International Food Policy Res Inst, 01.07.2004)
Paehlke, Robert C., "Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia," (Routledge, 03.04.2013)
Showers, Kate B., "Imperial Gullies: Soil Erosion and Conservation in Lesotho," (Ohio University Press, 2005)
