Scholarship 22/14032-0 - Bioengenharia, Erosão - BV FAPESP
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Application of bioengineering techniques for the recovery of degraded areas in the municipality of Álvares Machado - SP

Grant number: 22/14032-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date until: January 01, 2023
End date until: December 31, 2024
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
Principal Investigator:João Osvaldo Rodrigues Nunes
Grantee:Barbara Tiemi Arimura Utiga
Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The region of Paulista West, where is located the city of Álvares Machado, has suffered, over the decades, an intense process of deforestation, replacing native areas of vegetation such as the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado with pasture and agricultural cultivation, resulting from intense environmental degradation processes. Currently, areas of consolidated pasture occupy a large part of the region, and without the use of conservation techniques they end up causing water erosion processes. With the geological formation composed of sedimentary rocks belonged to the Adamantina Formation, of Bauru Group, the soils of Paulista West are predominantly sandy, where the majority consists of Latosols, Argisols, Litholic and Hydromorphic Neosols, which due to inadequate land use are very prone to erosive processes. In view of the problems, the present work aims to implement bioengineering techniques for the recovery of degraded areas with erosive processes such as ravines, involving the use of bamboo palisades and polyethylene shade blankets. For that, sketches of the relief forms will be made; land use maps; collection of soil samples for routine physical and chemical analysis and morphological description. It is considered that the development of the work can contribute to the implementation and dissemination of low-cost methodologies, in order to share knowledge and know-how with other rural landowners.

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