ABSTRACT Water erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of land use. When soil and water losses occur, nutrients essential for the growth and maintenance of plants are removed, with harmful outcomes on the sustainability of agriculture and the environment. In addition, they lead to other deleterious effects, such as sedimentation and eutrophication of water bodies. Estimation of soil losses due to water erosion in sub-basins is essential for prediction of soil degradation, especially in areas of semi-intensive cultivation, […]

ABSTRACT: The soil is a key component of the Earth System, and is currently under high pressure, due to the increasing global demands for food, energy and fiber. Moreover, the management of agricultural systems is often inadequate and ignores the agricultural suitability of lands, and particularly the vulnerability of soils. This paper demonstrates the application of the concept of the Soil Lifetime Index (SLtI) for the entire state of São Paulo, at a spatial resolution of 30 m. The SLtI […]

A tolerância de perda de solo por erosão refere-se a um limite de perda que ainda mantenha alto nível de produtividade das culturas, econômica e indefinidamente, podendo ser utilizada na Equação Universal de Perda de Solo, além da forma usual, como um critério para definir a distância entre terraços numa lavoura. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido no Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias de Lages (SC), em 1998, com o objetivo de estabelecer a tolerância de perda de solo por erosão hídrica para […]