Soil conservation and future land use in the Scotland district, Barbados.

Soil erosion is a long standing problem in the Scotland District of Barbados. Many workers, including pedologists, geologists, hydrologists and soil conservationists have recently undertaken investigation into the causes of soil erosion and the possible means of its control. These studies have focussed on a problem in a restricted field. As accelerated soil erosion is an important ecological process, it was felt that an investigation into the problems of erosion from an ecological viewpoint was necessary. [...