**4. Conclusion**

*Soil Erosion - Current Challenges and Future Perspectives in a Changing World*

on the sub-district through the application of technical, vegetative, agronomic, land and water civil conservation as well as a combination involving the community and

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**Figure 9.**

**Figure 8.**

*Map of soil solum of Lesti subwatershed.*

in accordance with local conditions.

*Map of current erosion hazard levels of Lesti sub-watershed.*

Based on the results of data analysis and discussion, it can be concluded that the Lesti Sub-watershed, there is a correlation between population pressure and the current choice of land use, which results in erosion vulnerability. At high population pressure (> 1) in general is directly proportional to the erosion-prone land use conditions such as settlements, dry land fields and open land. Based on environmental science, the government needs to balance economic, social and environmental needs in several regions. Priority for conservation is prioritized in Dampit Sub-district because it is an area with high TP slices and heavy TBE.

The recommendation that can be given to this sub-district is the provision of subsidies or incentives by the government for people who want to carry out agricultural efforts with conservation principles. This is to reduce the income gap because in some cases of agricultural output will decrease when applying the principle of environmental conservation. In the social aspect, efforts are needed to involve the community with their local wisdom to carry out conservation efforts, both technical civil, agronomic and vegetative so that there is a sense of ownership of government programs undertaken to prevent erosion in the upstream watershed.
