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The anthropogenic Amazonian soil “Terra Preta de Índio” (Amazonian Dark Earth) provides a potential model for a sustainable land-use system in the humid tropics. A large amount of carbon-based materials in this soil is responsible for its high fertility over long periods of usage, and soil scientists are trying to create “Terra Preta Nova” (New Dark Earth) by adding charcoal as a soil conditioner...
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