Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hit a记录高at the start of the year, according to data from the Brazilian government. The newAmazonPasto应用程序，由Instituto Youro Verde（IOV），一个巴西非政府组织和埃克塞特大学，旨在保护环境并帮助小规模的农民在森林砍伐地区谋生。
In a silvopastoral system—a type of agroforestry—farmers intentionally grow trees in combination with forage plants and graze livestock on the same land. The new digital AmazonPasto platform allows users to access and share information about species that are beneficial for these tree-based agriculture systems. It also includes tips to improve soil quality and build sustainable farming techniques. To encourage the region’s small farmers to adoptSilvopastoral Systems，AmazonPasto还提供了微累力资金，可以在农民开始时为他们提供支持。
IOV联合创始人Alexandre Olival和Andrezza Spexoto告诉食品坦克，“我们必须将产品质量的概念发展为环境质量的概念。”w88优德老虎机平台“我们只有在我们的生产系统与当地生物群落相连，有助于保护动物和植物物种时，我们才能生产高质量的产品。”
According to a recent report fromChatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the historical extraction of food and mineral commodities for global markets has resulted in high levels of poverty and inequality in the region. Continued exploitation of resources including beef, milk, soy, corn, cassava, rice, bauxite, and iron ore contribute to the decline of the region’s vast natural capital without adequate improvements in local wellbeing. TheWorld Bankreports that in Brazil’s northern region, where the Amazon is located, poverty rates reach 35.3 percent, almost twice the national average in 2021.
在加入AmazonPasto之前，一些参与该项目的农民面临无家可归。但是，通过Silvopastoralism，小型农民能够以固定的价格出售农作物和牛奶，以便在学校等当地机构中以消费。
Large-scale mining and other infrastructure projects also increasingly threaten protected areas and Indigenous lands. According to research published inOne Earth，最近对土著土地内采矿的最新提议可能会影响森林的20％，而不是当前的政策。大自然保险公司报告说3400万人, including more than 380 Indigenous groups, are exposed to air pollution associated with forest fires.
AmazonPasto的开发人员旨在改变专注于这些短期收益的当前系统。Olival和Spexoto解释说，种植树木可以为农民带来不仅收入木材的收入。Olival先前的研究农艺和林业发现改善土壤质量和草料植物的质量可以帮助减少对动物的矫正受精或营养补充的需求。这些变化在一年中的干旱时期特别有效。
While the project currently usesInga trees为了将氮锁定在土壤中并保持长期的土壤肥力，没有单一物种是“救星”，Olival和Spexoto告诉食品罐。w88优德老虎机平台“该应用程序背后的想法是表明将使系统更好的是物种的组合。”
To foster dialogue between producers, the app provides two tools for users to exchange information and highlight experiences with successful combinations of species. They can submit evaluations of trees already registered in the app, which will be visible for other users to consider. Users can also register a new species in the app’s system, indicating its main characteristics. By evaluating images sent through the app, a team of botanical specialists from partner universities can then help to correctly identify any newly added species.
Registered participants also have the option to share suggestions through a WhatsApp group established for users of the platform. AmazonPasto hopes that this additional outlet will help to facilitate more direct communication as farmers and technicians select the best trees and forage plants for their production systems.
到目前为止，该应用程序已帮助创建了大约60公顷的Silvopastoral系统，其中包含20,000多棵树木。该项目旨在每年将该地区增加约150公顷。在接下来的几个月中，IOV团队希望扩大其运营并与其他巴西生物群体中的人合作，包括Caatinga,Pantanal， 和大西洋森林.
Olival和Spexoto告诉Food Tank：“没有单一的物种具有保证系统生产力和弹性的所有生态功能。”w88优德老虎机平台“但是，如果我们以有条理和理性的方式将这些物种融合在一起，我们将获得令人难以置信的结果。”
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