Characterization and analysis of degraded areas of the Santo Amaro Settlement
| Autor: | Nayara Felix Barreto, Gabriela Romano de Moraes Araujo, Lucas Soares de Carvalho, Gilmar Santos Costa |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Vértices, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 97-104 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1415-2843 1809-2667 |
| DOI: | 10.5935/1809-2667.20140034 |
| Popis: | Improper land use is responsible forenvironmental degradation due to decliningfertility, loss of biodiversity, erosion andcompaction. In rural settlements, it iscommonly observed that prior land usecontributes for the degradation of soils,including areas of permanent preservation.This study aims to identify the degraded areasin the Santo Amaro settlement, in a districtin Campos dos Goytacazes, to analyze thedegree of deterioration of soils, and its possiblecauses. Field observations showed seriouslydegraded areas because of erosion in the formof gullies and ridges as forests fragments innatural regeneration. Furthermore, the studyfound absence of forest fragments in naturalregeneration within permanent preservationareas (APP), coverage on top of the hills andslopes, as well as removal of riparian vegetation. |
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