01665naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400320006010000200009224501290011226000090024152008270025065000090107765000090108665300220109565300150111765300210113265300160115370000220116970000210119170000190121270000180123170000150124970000170126470000160128170000150129777300510131221376242021-12-13       2021    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.5281/zenodo.57697302DOI1 aMATSCHULLAT, J.  aSustainable land-use alternatives in tropical rainforests? Evidence from natural and social sciences.h[electronic resource]  c2021  aThe Amazon rainforest, formerly pristine and highly biodiverse, is increasingly under threat from deforestation for cattle grazing, other forms of agriculture, mining and development. To better understand which land management type best serves sustainability aims, we compare soil gas exchange (CO2, CH4, N2O) and soil chemistry for forested land with post-forest land at 13 locations and 29 sites within the state of Amazonas, Brazil. We find that forest soils show distinctively different signals and signatures compared to soils in post-forest land use cases. Crucial answers emerge regarding the limits of system resilience as well as sustainable alternatives to deforestation and current land-use practices. We carry out a socioeconomic evaluation and discuss the likely reasons for inaction and how to overcome them.  aSoil  aSolo  aAmazon rainforest  aGeoscience  aSustentabilidade  aTerra firme1 aLIMA, R. M. B. de1 aFROMM, S. F. von1 aMARTINS, G. C.1 aSCHNEIDER, M.1 aMATHIS, A.1 aRAMOS, A. M.1 aPLESSOW, A.1 aKIBLER, K.  tEuropean Geologistgv. 52, p. 5-20, Nov. 2021.