Publications by authors named "Bruna Firmino Enck"
Article Synopsis
- Fruticulture in the Amazon contributes significantly to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and soil erosion, affecting the ecosystem and soil properties.
- The study aimed to evaluate how converting rainforest land to fruticulture impacts soil traits and organic matter in Brazil's Legal Amazon.
- Results indicated that fruticulture leads to increases in certain soil attributes like bulk density and sand content while decreasing soil quality and overall organic matter compared to intact rainforest, emphasizing the need for sustainable practices using native species to maintain soil health.
The main cause of physical degradation in pasture areas is overgrazing, and when combined with poorly productive soils, it causes the loss of millions of hectares of agricultural soils a year. Thus, work is needed to indicate which physical attributes are most sensitive to degradation, generating information so that soil management can be proposed, with a view to economic, social, and environmental aspects. Therefore, the objective of the work was to evaluate the impacts caused on the physical attributes of the soil, in forests converted to pastures in northern Rondônia, Brazil.
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