The problem of environmental degradation is becoming very real in Nigeria. It is also becoming a major source of insecurity locally. In recent times, flooding which affects most parts of the country has resulted in displacement of communities in most states of the federation. While flooding is largely a natural phenomenon, the upgrading of environmental infrastructure should be complemented wit...

This article presents an environmental remote sensing application using a UAV that is specifically aimed at reducing the data gap between field scale and satellite scale in soil erosion monitoring in Morocco. A fixed-wing aircraft type Sirius I (MAVinci, Germany) equipped with a digital system camera (Panasonic) is employed. UAV surveys are conducted over different study sites with varying exte...

Cushion peatlands are typical features of the high altitude Andes in South America. Due to the adaptation to difficult environmental conditions, they are very fragile ecosystems and therefore vulnerable to environmental and climate changes. Peatland erosion has severe effects on their ecological functions, such as water storage capacity. Thus, erosion monitoring is highly advisable. Erosion qua...

Soil erosion is one of the most challenging environmental issues in world, causing unsustainable soil loss every year. In South Africa, several episodes gully have been documented and clearly linked to presence Quaternary colluvial deposits on Drakensberg Mountain footslopes. The aim this study was identify assess triggering factors upper Mkhomazi River basin KwaZulu-Natal, Africa. We compiled ...

This study aimed at (i) developing, evaluating and comparing the performance of support vector machines (SVM), boosted regression trees (BRT), random forest (RF) logistic (LR) models in mapping gully erosion susceptibility, (ii) determining important conditioning factors (GECFs) a Kenyan semi-arid landscape. A total 431 geo-referenced points were gathered through field survey visual interpretat...

Incision as a result of fluvial erosion is an important process to model when simulating landform evolution. For gullies, it apparent that coupled with the processes cause incision there must be range stop incision. Once started, rills and gullies will grow infinitely without reduction in support area and/or being arrested by deposition armouring. Some these have been well studied under heading...