**6. Conclusion**

Soil erosion and other anthropogenic activities can leave remarkable footprints on earths' surface. In erosion prone landscapes, the earth's surface is continually evolving due to events and processes such as (i) road and foot tracks, (ii) land use and land cover changes, (iii) hydrogeological dynamics (iv) soil erodibility etc. To understand soil erosion, efforts have been made to assess and quantify the phenomenon. However, literature on soil erosion research in Southeastern Nigeria is still minimal and some promising techniques are yet to be tested. This may be partly the reason why soil erosion related land degradation remains critically high amidst scarce and often inaccurate data. Another reason is the non-inclusion of the sustainable home-breed sustainable solutions into erosion management plans. Such knowledge could assist in both research and practice in developing robust environmental conservation approaches; that is cognizant of cultural and socioeconomic situation of the area. Local people knowledge of the soil has helped to protect soil from erosion while ensuring that its fertility is maintained. When improved, better conservation outcomes in Southeastern Nigeria can be achieved.
