Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 12, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su12176815
Keywords
agroforestry systems; sustainable land management; C sequestration; Andisols
Funding
- Native Forest Research Fund of the National Forestry Corporation, Chile (FIBN-CONAF project) [001-2014]
- INIA Quilamapu agroecology lab
- VRID-UDEC Multidisciplinary project [219.142.040-M]
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In Chile, 49.1% of the national territory is affected by soil degradation (including erosion and loss of soil organic matter), whereby of the 51.7 Mha that have been historically associated with agricultural-livestock and forestry activities, only 35.5 Mha are being used at the present. Consequently, soil degradation has resulted in the release of about 11.8 Gg yr(-1)of carbon (C) equivalent (CO2eq) to the atmosphere. Silvopastoral systems (SPS), however, can increase soil organic C (SOC) through sequestration (C -> SOC), improve ecosystem services, and have been internationally recommended for sustainable land use. Therefore, it was proposed to determine the effects of SPS on soils, over five years, in degraded sites that were located in the Ranchillo Alto (SPS-RA) (37 degrees 04 ' 52 '' S, 71 degrees 39 ' 14 '' W), Nuble region. The sites were rated according to previous canopy disturbance levels (+) as follows: open (O-p)+++, semi open (SOp)++, and semi closed (SC)+. The analysis was performed on different physical and chemical soil properties (0-5 and 5-20 cm depths), that were expressed as soil indicators (S-IND) for chemical and physical properties, which were used to calculate a soil quality (SQ) index (SQI). The results indicated overall SQI values of 37.6 (SC) > 29.8 (O-p) > 28.8 (SOp), but there were no significant variations (p< 0.05) in physical SQ, whereas chemical SQ varied in all conditions, mostly at 0-5 cm in O(p)and SOp. Increases of SOC were also observed (2015-2018 period) of 22.5, 14.5, and 4.8 Mg ha(-1)for SOp, O-p, and SC, respectively, showing that SPS promote the reclamation of Ranchillo Alto soils.
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