September 8, 2020
Ecosystem restoration
Soil is a fundamental component of the biosphere, functioning not only for the production of food and fiber, but also for the maintenance of environmental quality. It is not uncommon, therefore, for soil health indices to be proposed since human health and well-being is associated with soil quality and health. But trying to assess soil quality and health is complicated, since multiple soil functions need to be taken into consideration, and it is necessary to integrate the physical, chemical and biological attributes that define soil function.
Soil quality can be defined in terms of the soil and represents a composition of its physical, chemical and biological properties, thus performing three fundamental functions:
- It is the growth medium for plants.
- It acts as a regulator of water flow in the environment.
- It serves as an environmental filter.
Soil is a vital non-renewable natural resource on the human time scale.
A series of operations must be carried out to facilitate the establishment of the vegetation. This group of operations includes light compaction by means of roller passes, deep raking, leveling, stonecutting, and plowing, among others. The performance of these actions also depends on the type of revegetation to be carried out later.