Monthly archives: setembro 2011

Although they are fragile ecosystems, they might be more environmentally stable once appropriate management practices are provided. Establishing a more competitive livestock in the region requires the adoption of a set of measures that make it feasible, both in agronomic and economic bases. The use of soil management practices (correction and fertilization), the integration of [...]

The buffalo permanence in the riverbed causes the trenching in the rivers; hence, the inland areas on the bank of the river become stretches of river, originating a water drainage problem, superficially draining areas that should not be drained. That happens mostly because the buffalo goes out to look for food which is currently sparse. [...]

Currently, the buffaloes are freely raised with no restricting mechanism in its locomotion, such as fences or wood bridges. This uncontrolled management of the animals, especially the buffalo herds, causes severe environmental imbalance, such as trenching the river, changing the Flexal river runoff, enlarging a mud puddle and muddying the ground nearby, forest destruction in [...]

Visit to the flooded plains At July 17th, 2011, at the request of the resident population on the bank of the Flexal river owing to changes in water regimes in the Amazon region, the Rondon Project (Oiapoque Operation) conducted a visit to the site where the buffalo is created by extensive livestock. Thereby, the vessel’s [...]