Name some indigenous practices for conservation of soil and water?

Question

PLZ NAME THE METHODS

LIKE ONE IS -JOHAD

plz mention what they were called

not the way they were carried on

Answer 1

In olden days,they dig tanks and wells to save rain water.

Answer 2

In my country in olden times they used to dig wells in order to harvest rain water from the roofs of houses or even from roads.  They used to allow the first showers to run off in order to clean the surface and then afterwards direct the water to the well.

For soil conservation we have plenty of rubble walls surrounding small fields.

Both practices proved very useful.  Unfortunately water is not being harvested enough now leading to flooding in certain areas and shortage of water.

Answer 3

There is a natural aging process in which water runs downhill carrying nutrients into ponds and lakes. This leads to increased life in the ponds and lakes because of the good nutrition (called eutrophication). The ponds and lakes fill with dead organic matter and eventually become marshes and then meadows and then forest. In other words, by this natural process, young ponds and lakes grow older and eventually die.

After the Pilgrims came to New England in 1620, the Indians taught them how to grow corn (indigenous practice). You go down to the pond or lake and catch fish. You carry the fish up hill and dig holes, placing three dead fish in each hole. Cover the fish with the dirt from the hole, making a small mound. Stick your finger into the dirt three times near the top of the mound and put a kernel of corn into each little hole. Brush the dirt  back over the kernels of corn. Then you can plant a few squash or pumpkin seed around the sides of the mound.

The indigenous process here was anti-natural. In other words, the natural process is for nutrients to flow down the hill and accumulate in bodies of water causing their aging and eventual death. The indigenous process removed nutrients from the bodies of water and carried them up the hill to improve the soil fertility and produce food for people to continue this anti-natural process (keeping the bodies of water younger longer).

I contrast this indigenous (anti-natural) process with current processes of burning fossil fuels to carry nitrate containing minerals from the high Andean mountains in Chile to the United States to be spread on farmers' feeds to run off into the bodies of water. This is a acceleration of the natural process helping the bodies of water to age faster and die sooner.

Answer 4

plant more and more trees.

grow creepers on the bunds and banks

remove impediments in the water catchment areas.

desilt water reservoirs.

use crop rotation effectively.

Answer 5

Cisterns used to be a very popular method of capturing rain water and storing it under ground.

Nowadays, rain barrels seem to be a much more popular method!

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Answer 6

In the Southern Regions of the United States, they planted Kudzu, now they can't get rid of it. But it does stabilize the soil and it prevents soil erosion.

Answer 7

Indigenous people lived off the land and traveled from place to place without staying long enough in one place to build a lot of things or grow crops. They did not make dams to destroy the water ways, they learned where the water ran naturally and followed it from one water hole to the next. Conservation of soil was not a problem because they didn't grow crops or if they did, maybe only once before moving on. In short they used only what they needed and left the rest.