Your açaí smoothie may be destroying floodplain forests in the …
WebNov 3, 2021 · The increase in açaí palm cultivation to supply global demand for the “superfood” has led to the loss of biodiversity and changes in vegetation in the floodplain forests along the Amazon River in Brazil’s Pará state.
Vulnerability of the Açaí Palm to Climate Change | Human Ecology
WebSep 1, 2020 · Local enrichment of forests to enhance açaí palm densities and climatic warming are subjecting palms to higher temperatures, and local people have reported large falls in açaí fruit production during hot years. Here we investigate this local perception, using over 400 interviews with açaí producers.
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Açaí (Euterpe oleracea) …
WebJul 31, 2023 · The categories that contributed the most to the total environmental impact of açaí cultivation stage for obtaining 1 kg of açaí were climate change (CC), terrestrial acidification (TA), ionizing radiation (IR), freshwater ecotoxicity (FET), water depletion (WD), fossil depletion (FD), human toxicity (HT), agricultural land occupation (ALO ...
Intensification of açaí palm management largely impoverishes tree ...
WebSep 1, 2021 · We considered three sources of impacts on tree assemblages, which are associated with açaí management and intensification: (1) reduction in tree stem density imposed by thinning operations, (2) selection/persistence of commercially-valuable tree species, and (3) environmental filtering associated with the increment in açaí density (i.e ...
Vulnerability of the Açaí Palm to Climate Change - ResearchGate
WebAug 1, 2020 · Local enrichment of forests to enhance açaí palm densities and climatic warming are subjecting palms to higher temperatures, and local people have reported large falls in açaí fruit...
Vulnerability of the Açaí Palm to Climate Change
WebAug 1, 2020 · Local enrichment of forests to enhance açaí palm densities and climatic warming are subjecting palms to higher temperatures, and local people have reported large falls in açaí fruit production during hot years. Here we investigate this local perception, using over 400 interviews with açaí producers.
Açaí palm management disturbs seed rain and soil seed bank of …
WebMay 12, 2023 · Seed rain and bank were dominated by açaí seeds (85.5%–85.8%) and by excluding them, seed rain and bank were low density and species poor, capturing a tiny subset from the local (17.91%–19.40%) and landscape woody flora (11.82%–14.55%).
Forest conservation maximises açaí palm pollination services and …
WebManaged bees can increase pollinator densities and fruit production, but the increased environmental and socioeconomic risks associated with this activity means açaí growers should prioritise forest conservation to safeguard pollination services and improve overall sustainability of açaí production in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.
WebTo avoid negative ecological impacts from intensification, including local tree species impoverishment (Freitas et al., 2015; Weinstein and Moegenburg, 2004) and reductions in pollination services (Campbell et al., 2018), a state regulation suggests a maximum of 400 clumps per hectare (Brasil, 2014).
WebDr. Alistair Campbell, a post-doctorate researcher based at Embrapa and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), and colleagues investigated the impacts of the rapid expansion in açaí palm...
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