Type of fields in the Non-Chernozem zone of Russia, affected by erosion. Employees of the Ryazan branch of the Tsentrgiprozem Institute, headed by K. I. Lapshinova, who developed and implemented a set of measures to combat soil erosion at the Ekimovsky state farm in the Ryazan region. State farm fields plowed across the main slope, with the remaining stubble on top. The machine operator at work on surface tillage. Sowing cereals using stubble seeders, simultaneously applying fertilizers along with the grain. Reclamation forest belts, anti-erosion pond. KI Lapshinova and employees of the Tsentrgiprozem Institute on the field of the Ekimovsky state farm. Waste dump (slag) of the Mtsensk secondary non-ferrous metal plant on the territory of the fertile land of the Volkovsky state farm, Oryol region. View of the dead trees in the forest. Interview with GI Cheremiksina, member of the Oryol Regional Society for Nature Conservation, and OS Savinkin, a forester. The only Aerofol slag processing unit operating at the Mtsensk plant.