The aim of the present work is to evaluate the effects of the human intervention, through the introduction of pasture, in some chemical properties of the Amazon soil. This research was installed in Porto Velho, State of Rondônia - Brazil, located vicinity of the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa). The samples were accomplished in areas of primary vegetation and planted pasture (about 15 years), obeying a line with 24 points each 10 meters (12 under natural vegetation and 12 under pasture) in two horizons (superficial and undersuperficial). The results obtained for chemical compounds showed significant between forest and pasture to V%, CEC, C+Al, N-total and C-organic, mainly in the superficial horizon of the original vegetable. The higher organic compounds (N-total, C-organic) and P, Ca e Mg, in the superficial horizon of natural vegetation, wintry in Amazon Forest were observed.
environmental impact; Rondônia; natural vegetation