Serviços ecossistêmicos por sistemas agroflorestais na Amazônia: uma análise bibliométrica

Abstract

Over the last few decades, ecological concepts and evolutionary biological theory have influenced proposals in the environmental movement. In this context, AFS agroforestry systems gain notoriety as an agroecological alternative, due to their socioeconomic benefits and the generation of ecosystem services. Following this reasoning, the objective of this study was to measure in qualitative values the contribution of SAFs to the nature of these services with a focus on sustainability, and on other benefits, also aligned with the broader socioeconomic context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of the 2030 agenda of the United Nations Organizations (UN). The studies aimed to qualitatively analyze aspects in which the SAFs were inserted. From the bibliographical survey with the use of research terms in the Web of Science database, then the curation of these data was carried out, presenting bibliometric metrics, such as maps, graphs and tables. With a total of 409 publications, and taking into account region and topic criteria, we reached a reduced number of articles of 134. These results show that interest in research in the agroforestry field has improved, but in a gradual and heterogeneous way. The most frequent ecosystem services were Support and Provision. This study can increase opportunities for future research, and suggest a qualitative analysis of the benefits of AFS that can contribute to generating ecosystem services in the Brazilian Amazon.