The soil degradation scenario is worrisome in Brazil and in the world, due to the improper use of soil, such as: deforestation, monoculture, pasture, use of pesticides and absorption of nutrients by fallow or without mineral replacement , end up generating several types of degradation, causing in infertile soils, being necessary its recovery. In this context, this work was developed with the objective of evaluating the effects of fertilization with biosolids (sewage sludge) in a degraded area cultivated with forage palm. The Mexican Elephant Ear (Opuntia stricta Haw), in the S?o Miguel Arcanjo Site, in the municipality of Parazinho, RN. In order to do so, an experimental area was implanted in this municipality, with the cultivation of the irrigated forage palm, densified and organically fertilized. A randomized complete block design was used, with 04 treatments (T1 - control, T2 - T3 - fertilized with a dose of biosolid and T4 - fertilized with two doses of biosolid) and 06 repetitions in each block. From the chemical and physical characterization of the soil, it was observed that without the cultivation of the palm in the degraded area there would be no conditions of self recovery, since the degraded area presented a low resilience rate, making natural regeneration impossible. Palm cultivation recovered physical attributes of the soil in the recovering area, as a result of the greater protection provided to the soil in front of the erosive process diagnosed in the locality and restored the degraded soil fertility, raising the pH, CTC and saturation value of bases, especially in relation to exchangeable calcium and magnesium contents. The results indicate that the cultivation of the irrigated palm responded favorably to the organic fertilization, reflecting directly on the production of green mass, height and plant width. Finally, it is concluded that the degraded area presented conditions to recover, due to the adopted recovery alternative, being economically feasible, besides being environmentally safe the palm cultivation with biosolids, under conditions similar to those presented in this study.O panorama de degrada??o do solo ? preocupante no Brasil e no mundo, pois devido ao uso indevido do solo, com pr?ticas inadequadas, tais como: desmatamento, monocultura, pastagem, uso de agrot?xicos e absor??o de nutrientes pelo cultivo sem pousio ou sem reposi??o mineral, acabam gerando v?rios tipos de degrada??o, acarretando em solos inf?rteis, sendo necess?ria a sua recupera??o. Nesse contexto, esse trabalho de pesquisa foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos da aduba??o com bioss?lido (lodo de esgoto) em ?rea degradada cultivada com palma forrageira Orelha de Elefante Mexicana (Opuntia stricta Haw), no S?tio S?o Miguel Arcanjo, no munic?pio de Parazinho, RN. Para tanto, foi implantada uma ?rea experimental, no referido munic?pio, com cultivo da palma forrageira irrigada, adensada e adubada organicamente, sendo adotado o delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, com 04 tratamentos (T1?testemunha, T2 ? adubada com esterco de curral, T3 ? adubada com uma dose de bioss?lido e T4 - adubada com duas doses de bioss?lido) e 06 repeti??es em cada bloco. A partir da caracteriza??o qu?mica e f?sica do solo observou-se que sem o cultivo da palma na ?rea degradada n?o haveria condi??es de auto recupera??o, uma vez que a ?rea degradada apresentava baixa taxa de resili?ncia impossibilitando a sua regenera??o natural. O cultivo da palma recuperou atributos f?sicos do solo na ?rea em processo de recupera??o, como resultado da maior prote??o proporcionada ao solo frente ao processo erosivo diagnosticado no local e restaurou a fertilidade do solo degradado, elevando o pH, a CTC e valor de satura??o de bases, sobretudo, em rela??o aos teores de c?lcio e magn?sio troc?veis. Os resultados apontam que o cultivo da palma irrigada respondeu favoravelmente a aduba??o org?nica, refletindo diretamente sobre a produ??o de massa verde, altura e largura de planta. Por fim, conclui-se que a ?rea degradada apresentou condi??es de recuperar-se, devido ? alternativa de recupera??o adotada, sendo uma pr?tica vi?vel economicamente, al?m de ambientalmente seguro o cultivo da palma adubada com bioss?lido, sob condi??es semelhantes as apresentadas nesse trabalho.