Mining in the Amazon: Importance, impacts, and challenges to restore degraded ecosystems. Are we on the right way?
WBR Martins, JI de Matos Rodrigues… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mining is one of the main economic activities in the Amazon region, contributing
substantially to the economy of countries that share its territory. This activity, however, brings …
substantially to the economy of countries that share its territory. This activity, however, brings …
Challenges and opportunities for large-scale reforestation in the Eastern Amazon using native species
Reforestation and forest restoration are recognized as an effective means of halting
biodiversity loss and increasing the performance of ecosystem services such as carbon …
biodiversity loss and increasing the performance of ecosystem services such as carbon …
Revegetation on tropical steep slopes after mining and infrastructure projects: challenges and solutions
Highlights What are the main findings? Five frequently interacting abiotic constraints
challenge steep slope revegetation Spontaneous vegetation establishment in natural steep …
challenge steep slope revegetation Spontaneous vegetation establishment in natural steep …
Proteomic Profiling and Rhizosphere-Associated Microbial Communities Reveal Adaptive Mechanisms of Dioclea apurensis Kunth in Eastern Amazon's …
SV Nascimento, PHO Costa, H Herrera, CF Caldeira… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dioclea apurensis Kunth is native to ferruginous rocky outcrops (known as canga) in the
eastern Amazon. Native cangas are considered hotspots of biological diversity and have …
eastern Amazon. Native cangas are considered hotspots of biological diversity and have …
Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to rehabilitation in iron ore mining areas from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon
RM Rodríguez-Rodríguez, K Kemmelmeier… - Pedobiologia, 2021 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation of mining areas is a relevant and current subject, in which the response of
microbial communities is an important evaluation tool regarding their progress. In this …
microbial communities is an important evaluation tool regarding their progress. In this …
[HTML][HTML] Shannon tree diversity is a surrogate for mineland rehabilitation status
M Gastauer, PS de Medeiros Sarmento, CF Caldeira… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mineland rehabilitation is performed to reduce the overall impacts of mining operations.
Thus, statistically validated and easily measurable indicators are necessary to monitor the …
Thus, statistically validated and easily measurable indicators are necessary to monitor the …
[HTML][HTML] Floristic mosaics of the threatened Brazilian campo rupestre
CP Dario, CB Jessica, AM JP, RD CP… - Nature Conservation …, 2022 - cyberleninka.ru
The increase in rates of habitat loss requires an understanding of how biodiversity is
distributed. Campo rupestre is an old, climatically buffered, and infertile landscape located in …
distributed. Campo rupestre is an old, climatically buffered, and infertile landscape located in …
Non-Specific Interactions of Rhizospheric Microbial Communities Support the Establishment of Mimosa acutistipula var. ferrea in an Amazon Rehabilitating Mineland
PHO Costa, SV Nascimento, H Herrera, M Gastauer… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mimosa acutistipula var. ferrea (Fabaceae) is endemic to ferruginous tropical rocky outcrops
in the eastern Amazon, also known as canga. Canga are often associated with mining …
in the eastern Amazon, also known as canga. Canga are often associated with mining …
Reforestation improves vegetation coverage and biomass, but not spatial structure, on semi-arid mine dumps
Y Yang, J Tang, Y Zhang, S Zhang, Y Zhou, H Hou… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern mine rehabilitation aims at thorough restoration of an ecosystem with emphasis on
not only land area covered by vegetation but also the structure and function of that …
not only land area covered by vegetation but also the structure and function of that …
Seed Functional Traits Provide Support for Ecological Restoration and ex situ Conservation in the Threatened Amazon Ironstone Outcrop Flora
M Zanetti, RLC Dayrell, MV Wardil… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cangas (ironstone outcrops) host a specialized flora, characterized by high degree of
edaphic endemism and an apparent lack of natural history knowledge of its flora. Due to …
edaphic endemism and an apparent lack of natural history knowledge of its flora. Due to …