Sustainability issues in a tropical mega trail

Sustainability is a target that involves many socio-ecological questions, depends on opportunities and combines different initiatives. This can be especially difficult in regions with high biodiversity scores, mega cities, high level of human populations and an intense and long-standing land use. Here, we show how a mega trail, named Atlantic Forest Trail, within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest can join the protection of biodiversity and sustainable tourism through a 4270 km corridor connecting protected areas and crossing a variety of landscapes. Further, we show some initiatives of ongoing biodiversity monitoring, and an analysis of ecological restoration in private lands that can be applied in many regions to improve habitat connectivity for both biodiversity and human use.

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Land use policy as a driver for climate change adaptation: A case in the domain of the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.027 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

pp. 563-569 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Camila Linhares Rezende ◽

Joana Stingel Fraga ◽

Juliana Cabral Sessa ◽

Gustavo Vinagre Pinto de Souza ◽

Eduardo Delgado Assad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Land Use Policy ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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Effects of roads, topography, and land use on forest cover dynamics in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Forest Ecology and Management ◽

10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.036 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 259 (3) ◽

pp. 410-417 ◽

Cited By ~ 101

Author(s):

Simone R. Freitas ◽

Todd J. Hawbaker ◽

Jean Paul Metzger

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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Past land-use and ecological resilience in a lowland Brazilian Atlantic Forest: implications for passive restoration

New Forests ◽

10.1007/s11056-017-9586-4 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 573-586 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero ◽

Pablo Viany Prieto ◽

Andrea Sánchez-Tapia ◽

João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga ◽

Pablo José Francisco Pena Rodrigues

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Ecological Resilience ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Passive Restoration ◽

Past Land Use

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Bridging the gap: Sharing responsibility for ecological restoration and wildlife conservation on private lands in the Western Ghats

Social Change ◽

10.1177/004908570303300309 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 33 (2-3) ◽

pp. 129-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

T. R. Shankar ◽

Divya Mudappa

Keyword(s):

Ecological Restoration ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Human Populations ◽

Private Lands ◽

Mutual Cooperation ◽

Governmental Agencies ◽

Sharing Responsibility ◽

The Western Ghats

A major conservation issue, particularly in the tropics, is habitat loss and fragmentation due to developmental activities and increasing human populations. Ecologiste today recognise that much of the once-pristine forests that are now secondary forests, as well as large areas outside existing conservation reserves, harbouring significant levels of biological diversity need to be targeted for long-term conservation. Governmental agencies such as the Forest Department and the conservation community have come to accept that the conventional patrol-and-protect method has its limitations in addressing the increasing threats to such conservation areas. A complementary strategy is to develop conservation plans for protection and improvement by ecological restoration of forests, particularly isolated fragments and degraded areas on private lands. This requires bridging gaps between private landowners, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental conservation organisations and fostering efforts based on mutual cooperation and collaboration as well as developing positive incentives for private landholders involved in conservation of forests and biological diversity. In this paper, we discuss one of the first examples of such an effort of sharing responsibility for long-term conservation in a highly disturbed tropical rainforest region of the Western Ghats.

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