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Mr. Thony Huera-Lucero
Environmental engineer, Amazonic State University

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Journal article
Published: 11 June 2020 in Sustainability
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The peri-urban area of Puyo, where agricultural, urban and conservation logics are mixed, is a contested area in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Rapid urban growth and agricultural activities are the main threats to the conservation of its biodiversity. To promote the conservation of natural spaces in urban planning instruments, it is necessary to first demonstrate their environmental and ecological value. In this paper, such value was analyzed by quantifying biodiversity value and carbon storage capacity in situ. The results show that Puyo’s periphery (a 4 km radius) is an opportunity space, where the conservation of its biodiversity is a key factor in strategies to promote sustainable urban development. Firstly, there are natural areas of high environmental value (secondary forest, gramalote pastures with trees and gramalote pastures) that all together fix 1,664,683 Mg CO2 and control hydrological risks (with 80% of the green areas linked to flood areas)—valuable ecosystem services. Secondly, the conservation of biodiversity brings associated economic activities that can promote local sustainable development. Despite this, the results reveal that the conservation of peri-urban natural ecosystems is not a goal in Puyo’s urban planning strategy. Therefore, future research should be focused on urban planning tools that promote environmentally, economically and socially sustainable urban development.

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Thony Huera-Lucero; Adela Salas-Ruiz; Daysi Changoluisa; Carlos Bravo-Medina. Towards Sustainable Urban Planning for Puyo (Ecuador): Amazon Forest Landscape as Potential Green Infrastructure. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4768 .

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Thony Huera-Lucero, Adela Salas-Ruiz, Daysi Changoluisa, Carlos Bravo-Medina. Towards Sustainable Urban Planning for Puyo (Ecuador): Amazon Forest Landscape as Potential Green Infrastructure. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4768.

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Thony Huera-Lucero; Adela Salas-Ruiz; Daysi Changoluisa; Carlos Bravo-Medina. 2020. "Towards Sustainable Urban Planning for Puyo (Ecuador): Amazon Forest Landscape as Potential Green Infrastructure." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4768.

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Published: 17 April 2020
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As is it known, soil is the basis of all activity in which man is involved. At the same time, it is the key factor for the development of the life and biodiversity of the planet's flora and fauna. Hence, as result of global warming and climate change, ecological research has recently increased its importance on the bases that extensive forest areas, act as carbon sinks mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. But no less important for investigation should be to inquire under this plant cover. Because there is a totally unimaginable and diverse world that remains in constant interactions to keep alive and from the green covering habitat to the diverse forms from small mammals to man. Man in its early days learned to manage the soil with the aim of producing food. Afterwards the exponential growth of the population was produced, and a high demand for food, caused the expansion of livestock borders, caused the devastation of large areas of forests, and generated a great impact to the soil and ecosystem. As a result, the change in land use and the application of chemicals impoverished and impairs the soil and the life that inhabits it. This is why this work highlights the importance of the biological component of soil to the context of the Amazon of Ecuador. For this reason, is important to consider different organisms as Essential Indicators of Soil Quality, mainly for the tropical soil field. In order to reach this objective, we compiled information presenting it in tables. They facilitate the interpretation of the importance of species of organisms and parameters from a biological point of view. At the same time, they can be used as a theoretical basis for the development of projects and research aimed to the management of biological soil composites.

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Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang; Thony Huera-Lucero. Biological Quality of Soils for the Case of Ecuadorian Amazon. 2020, 1 .

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Nizamulmulk Gunes, Mohammad Nur E Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Gianfranco Carotenuto, Sachiko Koyama, Stefano Rossi, Francesca Russo, Carlos Fajardo, Massimo Calovi, Harry H.X. Wang, Huacheng Zhang, Thony Huera-Lucero. Biological Quality of Soils for the Case of Ecuadorian Amazon. . 2020; ():1.

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Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang; Thony Huera-Lucero. 2020. "Biological Quality of Soils for the Case of Ecuadorian Amazon." , no. : 1.

Preprint content
Published: 16 April 2020
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As is general knowledge, the situation of the Amazon Basin has been strongly affected in recent decades. Mass deforestation in order to expand livestock borders, illicit use of timber species and oil exploitation, produced serious environmental impacts. Half of the national territory of Ecuador is part of this Amazonian macro-basin, so these problems have undergone in the area. The Amazonian Ecuador in particular, is a territory where the capacity of the soils and the ecosystems to provide services have been weakening for all the described circumstances. But from our scientific and academic point of view it seems important to contribute to the well-being and good living of the Amazonian population by the implementation of sustainable production systems. The researching perspective must focus to offer objective indicators that can be useful for management, referring to the dynamic balance between society and nature.  In the dimensions addressing the socio environmental aspects, the Soil Quality Indicators have revealed to be very useful. They give information that can influence decision-making and territorial planning at the farm level.  Other data and information can be summarized in graphical representations called Biogram and synthetic indices as the Integrated Index of Sustainable Development. All these are affordable and sustainable and realistic proposals.

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Thony Huera-Lucero; Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos; Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang. Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 2020, 1 .

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Thony Huera-Lucero, Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, Nizamulmulk Gunes, Mohammad Nur E Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Gianfranco Carotenuto, Sachiko Koyama, Stefano Rossi, Francesca Russo, Carlos Fajardo, Massimo Calovi, Harry H.X. Wang, Huacheng Zhang. Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon. . 2020; ():1.

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Thony Huera-Lucero; Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos; Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang. 2020. "Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon." , no. : 1.

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Published: 15 April 2020
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For many decades the Ecuadorian Amazon has been used as source of resources for cities both at national and international level. These facts had important consequences and environmental impacts, affecting from the smallest living organisms of the soil to the indigenous communities and peoples that inhabit the Amazon rainforest, as well as the flora and fauna biodiversity. With the change in land use, the Amazonian territory has been progressively affected and it is gradually decreasing, leaving behind poor soils.  Production conditions result modified by the implementation of large monocultures and livestock systems, a situation that directly affects soil and soil fauna. For this reason, we considered interesting to study, understand and compare the behavior of building organisms in natural and intervened areas, through sampling, inventories and laboratory analysis with the aim of developing and implementing production systems (chakras, agroforestry or silvopastoral systems), which benefit both the small producer and the ecosystem and life that inhabits it. Since there are no easily available compiled papers regarding the "Soil Biology in the Ecuadorian Amazon" in this work we collect information that allows us to offer a framework on the topics of changes in land use, typology of Amazonian soils and its main inhabitats organisms. All these date let to be considered as evidences of the degree of the health/disturbance of the corresponding soils.

ACS Style

Thony Huera-Lucero; Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos; Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang. Soil Biology in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 2020, 1 .

AMA Style

Thony Huera-Lucero, Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, Nizamulmulk Gunes, Mohammad Nur E Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Gianfranco Carotenuto, Sachiko Koyama, Stefano Rossi, Francesca Russo, Carlos Fajardo, Massimo Calovi, Harry H.X. Wang, Huacheng Zhang. Soil Biology in the Ecuadorian Amazon. . 2020; ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Thony Huera-Lucero; Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos; Nizamulmulk Gunes; Mohammad Nur E Alam; Mikhail Vasiliev; Gianfranco Carotenuto; Sachiko Koyama; Stefano Rossi; Francesca Russo; Carlos Fajardo; Massimo Calovi; Harry H.X. Wang; Huacheng Zhang. 2020. "Soil Biology in the Ecuadorian Amazon." , no. : 1.

Review
Published: 09 April 2020 in Sustainability
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In Amazonian Ecuador, land-use change from tropical rainforest to different productive purposes is leading to irreversible situations from an environmental perspective. The objective of this paper was to highlight the significance of the biological components in the soils in Amazonian Ecuador, and the importance of considering biological soil quality indexes when assessing environmental impacts in the soils of tropical Pan-Amazonian areas. Since the literature on the subject is dispersed and inaccessible, a bibliographic review was conducted, with the aim of compiling protocols and proposals for practical utilization. We compiled tables, including specific indicators from the biological point of view. We present the available methods for assessing the sustainability of Amazonian territories through the analysis of soil quality. Our contribution facilitates an edaphic perspective to be taken into account in decision-making processes for sustainable territorial development.

ACS Style

Thony Huera-Lucero; Juana Labrador-Moreno; José Blanco-Salas; Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez. A Framework to Incorporate Biological Soil Quality Indicators into Assessing the Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3007 .

AMA Style

Thony Huera-Lucero, Juana Labrador-Moreno, José Blanco-Salas, Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez. A Framework to Incorporate Biological Soil Quality Indicators into Assessing the Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):3007.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Thony Huera-Lucero; Juana Labrador-Moreno; José Blanco-Salas; Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez. 2020. "A Framework to Incorporate Biological Soil Quality Indicators into Assessing the Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 3007.