Effectiveness and design of marine protected areas for migratory species of conservation concern: A case study of post-nesting hawksbill turtles in Brazil

In the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, the phytophysiognomy known as Cerrado takes less than 1% of its original cover. Thus, the establishment and management of protected areas are essential to save a significant sample of biodiversity of this environment in the region. The Santa Bárbara Ecological Station is one of the largest protected areas in São Paulo, and one of the few ones to cover a mosaic with most of the vegetation types of Cerrado. This article aims to increase the knowledge of avifauna in the reserve, showing new bird records and evaluating the association of species to their physiognomies. We carried out surveys from 2008 to 2013, which resulted in the record of 226 species, or 246 when in regard to Willis & Oniki’s works (1981, 2003). Twenty-two are regionally threatened, and five globally threatened. Despite showing lower species richness, grasslands stood out because of the number of species of conservation concern. Preventing the densification of woody vegetation and controlling the invasion of alien plants are important management actions for the conservation of the bird assemblages at Santa Bárbara reserve, one of the last open Cerrado remnants in São Paulo.

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Is Capacity Building Important in Policy Development for Sustainability? A Case Study Using Action Plans for Sustainable Marine Protected Areas in Belize

Society & Natural Resources ◽

10.1080/08941920802409593 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 181-190 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

M. James C. Crabbe ◽

Edwin Martinez ◽

Christina Garcia ◽

Juan Chub ◽

Leonardo Castro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Policy Development ◽

Action Plans

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A simple method for assessing preliminary conservation status of plants at a national level: a case study using the ferns of El Salvador

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605310000967 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 523-528

Author(s):

Sandra Knapp ◽

Jorge Monterrosa Salomón

Keyword(s):

El Salvador ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Conservation Status ◽

National Level ◽

Field Studies ◽

Global Scale ◽

Simple Method ◽

Conservation Concern ◽

Forest Habitats

AbstractAssessments of conservation status are usually carried out on a global scale but national priorities often necessitate a more focused approach. Using a typology of rarity first articulated in the early 1980s by Deborah Rabinowitz, coupled with presence/absence from protected areas, preliminary conservation status at the national level was assessed for 397 species of ferns and fern allies from El Salvador in Central America. Of these, 43 lacked sufficient data, 175 were considered not of conservation concern, 106 were considered to be at risk and 73 to be threatened. The majority of the threatened species were from cloud or montane forest habitats but aquatics and species restricted to pine–oak forests are also rare and occur outside protected areas. The utility of this simple methodology is discussed and the importance of field studies by local experts with local knowledge emphasized.

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