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Secrets from the rainforest s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards

Secrets from the rainforest s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards
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Rare Amazon dark soils could help forest restoration, study shows

Beneath the luxurious foliage and the majestic trees of the Amazon Rainforest lies a counterintuitive reality: a mostly infertile soil that becomes swiftly depleted once its plant coverage is stripped away. Cattle ranchers and farmers searching for arable land continually encroach upon the forest, only to find the soil exhausted within a few years. This […]

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Study Investigates Source of Amazon s Dark Earth - Archaeology Magazine

Study Investigates Source of Amazon s Dark Earth - Archaeology Magazine
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Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict

Two of the crew showing the depth of a ditch, one at the top and one at base of the ditch Ancient Amazonian communities.

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Research news - Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict

Ancient Amazonian farmers fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict Ancient Amazonian communities fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict, excavations show. Farmers in Bolivia constructed wooden defences around previously nutrient-poor tropical soils they had enriched over generations to keep them safe during times of social unrest. These long-term soil management strategies allowed Amazonians to grow nutrient demanding crops, such as maize and manioc and fruiting trees, and this was key to community subsistence. These Amazonian Dark Earths, or Terra Preta, were created through burning, mulching, and the deposition of organic waste.

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