ESTIMATES OF SOIL LOSSES DUE TO WATER EROSION IN THE AMAZON BIOME

• DOI: 10.17707/agricultforest.70.1.23
• Publication Date: 2024-04-08T21:09:26Z
• Authors: Guilherme da Silv...; Derielsen Brandao...; Guilherme Henriqu...; Bruno Aurelio SILVA; Joaquim Ernesto B...; Shuraik KADER; Velibor SPALEVIC; Felipe Gomes RUBIRA; Ronaldo Luiz MINCATO
• Keywords: Biome

Located in the Brazilian Amazon biome, Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, is an important area for conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services region.Despite its importance, it faces challenges such as illegal deforestation, mining, forest fires, which increase water erosion processes generate environmental socioeconomic negative impacts.The need to understand these impacts motivate this research, with objective evaluating influence fires on quantify soil losses at site.For purpose, we employed Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE), utilizing parameters obtained from scientific literature remote sensing data, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), enabling a temporal analysis vegetation cover.Our results indicate low variations average loss rates, ranging 3.00 3.74 Mg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ 2019 2021.In 2021, rates was observed due higher incidence especially pasture areas.It concluded that preservation adequate management cover are essential protection natural resources.The adopt develop sustainable strategies through public policy should contribute mitigation impacts.Furthermore, can highlight importance conservation.