The Amazon rainforest is on the precipice of a catastrophic collapse from which it may never return.
The traditional knowledge that once helped cultivate this precious ecosystem could now help it recover, according to new research by researchers from the University of São Paulo, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, and the National Institute for Amazonian Research in Brazil.
providing the perfect habitat for microorganisms. Beneficial to plant health and growth, it is why native people in the Amazon haveAmazonian dark earth soil profile, with ADE corresponding to the darker layer, not the yellow soil. A set of experiments on Amazonian dark earth suggests these ancient soils can greatly improve an ecosystem's transition from pasture to rainforest.
At the start of the experiments, the dark soil was less acidic and included more sand and silt than the control soil. It also contained 30 times more phosphorous, 6 times more calcium, 5 times more zinc, and 4 times more iron, carbon, and copper.
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