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Reducing cattle ranches alone isn’t enough to restore degraded soils in Cainta, researchers say

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Environmental Management (2025). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.124022 Kaincha is the only biome discovered in Brazil alone, and has the largest contiguous region of seasonally arid tropical forests in the world. However, anthropogenic activities such as cattle ranching, agriculture and fire exploitation have led to a massive environmental decomposition process that could even lead to desertification along with…