This paper describes smallholder agricultural systems in the lower Amazon where the Santarém sub-Cluster is based. Here, despite the fertility of floodplain soils and a long tradition of floodplain farming, smallholder agriculture is stagnating. Once the basis of the floodplain economy, its role in smallholder subsistence has now been taken over by commercial fishing and extensive cattle ranching.
Overview of Amazon deforestation in 2016
Overview of Amazon deforestation in 2016
In 2016, deforestation in the Amazon was the highest recorded in the last eight years, but the land profile where it happened remained the same for at least the last four years.