Erosion of soils and pollution

Land areas in Azerbaijan that can be used is limited. 0.6 per arable land area in the country, the cultivated land area is 0.2 hectares. About a third of the country's territory is unfavourable for agriculture. Half of grasslands to agriculture land useful; %30.2 Â?sini cultivated land; %12.8 perennial crop fields. ini, %5.4 underutilized areas constitute fame. Soil erosion is a problem that a large section of the country's territory is encountered. The felling of forests threatens to worsen this problem. Rivers and river beds, with 516 cubic feet of soil per hectare per year the washing takes place. Along the coast in the regions of the country and the Absheron peninsula in the southeast region, we are faced with soil erosion due to wind. Soil pollution endangers human health both today and in the future and live life significantly, which is an important problem. More than 840.000 hectares of agricultural land in Azerbaijan toxic chemicals are used in the section. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the agriculture and the economic crisis in a way that makes himself feel important in terms of the purchase and use of some chemical fertilizers has led to some difficulties. This is also to some extent in the last period the quality of the soil has improved. The amount of chemical substances in the soil, but remains at a high level today. As a result of industrial activities from over 64,000 hectares of the land area is dirty. This 47.700 hectares of oil industry activities, The processing of other natural resources 3.940 hectares, larger than 100 hectares are contaminated as a result of the activities of the division of the chemical industry. Many measures must be taken to protect the land in Azerbaijan. According to the official information of State Statistics Committee, the prevention of erosion requires the creation of 24.500 acres of woodland. 800 kilometers of the coastline of the Caspian lake is part of a huge threat to new and serious work needs to be done to solve the problem of erosion and flooding.