Compensatory forestation for soil water retention in watersheds of Campos do Jordão municipality, SP, Brazil

Compensatory forestation for soil water retention in watersheds of Campos do Jordão municipality, SP, Brazil

Compensatory forestation is an important technique to estimate the necessary forest cover for compensating the water loss due to surface runoff within a watershed and, therefore, guiding forest recovery interventions. The objective of this study was to quantify the forest area needed to compensate w...

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Main Authors: Getulio Teixeira Batista, Marcelo dos Santos Targa, Agenor Micaeli dos Santos, Nelson Wellausen Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2011-12-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
Subjects:
reforestation
water infiltration
runoff
land use and land cover
watershed management
Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/490

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