Biodiversity, threats and conservation challenges in the Cerrado of Amapá, an Amazonian savanna
| Autor: | Cláudia Funi, Ivan M. Vasconcelos, Salustiano V. Costa-Neto, Érico E. Kauano, José Julio de Toledo, William Douglas de Carvalho, Ana Margarida Castro Euler, Vivianne Eilers, Raimundo Nonato Gomes Mendes-Júnior, Renato R. Hilário, Philip M. Fearnside, Karen Mustin, Isai Jorge de Castro, José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Claudia Regina Silva |
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| Přispěvatelé: | KAREN MUSTIN, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, WILLIAM D. CARVALHO, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Unifap, RENATO R. HILÁRIO, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Unifap, SALUSTIANO VILAR COSTA-NETO, IEPA, CLÁUDIA R. SILVA, IEPA, IVAN M. VASCONCELOS, ICMBio, ISAÍ J. CASTRO, IEPA, VIVIANNE EILERS, IBAMA, ÉRICO E. KAUANO, ICMBio, RAIMUNDO N. G. MENDES-JÚNIOR, ICMBio, CLÁUDIA FUNI, SEMA, PHILIP M. FEARNSIDE, INPA, JOSÉ M. C. SILVA, University of Miami, Department of Geography, ANA MARGARIDA CASTRO EULER, CPAF-AP, JOSÉ J. TOLEDO, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Unifap. |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
lcsh:QH1-199.5 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Development policy Vegetação Fauna Amazonian Vegetation Biodiversity lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Land clearing lcsh:QH540-549.5 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Land use Ecology business.industry Conservação Cerrado 15. Life on land Protected areas Taxon Geography Habitat 13. Climate action Agriculture Conservation status Conservation lcsh:Ecology business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional do INPA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) instacron:INPA Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA-Alice) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) instacron:EMBRAPA Nature Conservation, Vol 22, Iss, Pp 107-127 (2017) Nature Conservation |
| ISSN: | 1314-3301 1314-6947 |
| Popis: | An Amazonian savanna in northern Brazil known as the Cerrado of Amapá is under imminent threat from poor land-use planning, the expansion of large-scale agriculture and other anthropogenic pressures. These savannas house a rich and unique flora and fauna, including endemic plants and animals. However, the area remains under-sampled for most taxa, and better sampling may uncover new species. We estimate that only ~9.16% of these habitats have any kind of protection, and legislative changes threaten to further weaken or remove this protection. Here we present the status of knowledge concerning the biodiversity of the Cerrado of Amapá, its conservation status, and the main threats to the conservation of this Amazonian savanna. To secure the future of these unique and imperilled habitats, we suggest urgent expansion of protected areas, as well as measures that would promote less-damaging land uses to support the local population. Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-17T23:15:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CPAFAP2017Biodiversitythreatsandconservation.pdf: 2128567 bytes, checksum: 5cb4b5c05db3b0c07fc15084b072beb1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-26 |
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