Amazon Rainforest and Its Soils: The Tipping Point as an Imminent Risk of the Savannization of the System
Wednesday, Mar 04, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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A presentation from 2025–2026 Hrdy Fellow Mauricio P. F. Fontes
The Amazon biome is the world’s largest remaining tropical forest, hosting around 10 percent of the planet’s biodiversity, and the soil, part of this brittle ecosystem, plays a vital role in its conservation. The critical threshold at which the conversion of tropical rainforest to dry savanna could be irreversible is approaching dangerously. Fontes is generating a methodology for the establishment of sustainable and regenerative agriculture in this region.
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The Amazon biome is the world’s largest remaining tropical forest, hosting around 10 percent of the planet’s biodiversity, and the soil, part of this brittle ecosystem, plays a vital role in its conservation. The critical threshold at which the conversion of tropical rainforest to dry savanna could be irreversible is approaching dangerously. Fontes is generating a methodology for the establishment of sustainable and regenerative agriculture in this region.
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