Lessons from the Terra Preta de Índios of the Amazon region for the utilisation of charcoal for soil amendment

H. Novotny, E.; Hayes, M.H.B.; E. Madari, B.; José Bonagamba, Tito; Ribeiro de Azevêdo, Eduardo; Alves de Souza, André; Song, Guixue; Mapheu Nogueira, Christiane; S. Mangrich, Antônio

doi:10.1590/s0103-50532009000600002

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Lessons from the Terra Preta de Índios of the Amazon region for the utilisation of charcoal for soil amendment

Published in Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

E. H. Novotny

M.H.B. Hayes

B. E. Madari

Abstract

The potential of charcoal and of partially combusted organic waste to mimic the soil organic matter of the Terras Pretas de Índios (Amazonian Dark Earths) from the Amazon Region is discussed. These materials serve as soil conditioners and as sequesterers of carbon in recalcitrant and in reactive for...

Subject

Amazon rainforest

Charcoal

Environmental science

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