Assessing the Most Irreplaceable Protected Areas for the Conservation of Mammals in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons for the Governance of Mosaics

We have gathered 21,353 records of 40 different medium- and large-sized species of mammals existing in the Atlantic Forest conservation units of Brazil, including full protection and sustainable use types of management. We have classified the conservation units by their irreplaceability in terms of their role in the protection of mammalian species. Most irreplaceable conservation units are concentrated in the southern and southeastern regions of Brazil, mainly in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná. Our data show that over and above the area of the conservation unit or its type of use, protection of its surroundings appears to be of most consequence. Therefore, it is essential to develop effective mosaic governance mechanisms that include protected areas and different types of land use. However, it is also necessary to establish common ground that allows the coexistence of human economic demands and wildlife preservation.

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An assessment of Brazilian conservation units – a second look

Novos Cadernos NAEA ◽

10.5801/ncn.v15i1.10829 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

José Augusto Leitão Drummond ◽

José Luiz De Andrade Franco ◽

Daniela De Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Protected Areas ◽

National Parks ◽

Rapid Growth ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Unit System ◽

Rapid Growth Rate ◽

Fourth Position

This is a second overview of the Brazilian conservation unit system for mid-2010. It updates author et al, 2009. It examines six dimensions of federal and state protected areas – age, numbers, types of units, absolute and average sizes, distribution by states and biomes, and degree of compliance with CBD-inspired goals. Major findings: (i) the system maintained a rapid growth rate; (ii) national parks and national forests are the most prominent units; (iii) distribution of units by region and biome remains unbalanced; (iv) state units grew remarkably over the last five years; (v) state units are biased towards sustainable use; (vi) sustainable use units grew more than fully protected units; (vii) Amazonia remains the most extensively protected biome; and (viii) quantitative goals of biome protection are closer to being reached. In 2010 Brazil held the fourth position globally in protected areas; it created the largest number of units between 2000 and 2010; it has the largest combined area of protected tropical formations. However, several regions and biomes remain under protected.

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Intervenção do poder público em outras terras públicas para criação de unidades de conservação

Revista de Direito da Administração Pública ◽

10.47096/redap.v1i1.30 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

José Roque Nunes Marques ◽

Ronaldo Pereira Santos

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Public Lands ◽

State Intervention ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Public Authorities ◽

The Public ◽

Compensation Payment ◽

Different Types ◽

Legal Competency

INTERVENÇÃO DO PODER PÚBLICO EM OUTRAS TERRAS PÚBLICAS PARA CRIAÇÃO DE UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO Resumo: A Constituição Federal tutela os recursos naturais sendo obrigação do Estado e da Sociedade e competência comum a todos entes Federativos. A Lei 9.985/00 não enfrentou questões importantes como o da dominialidade das terras públicas. Em 15 anos após a Lei, muitas áreas têm sido criadas em sobreposição ou em territórios sem o domínio do ente titular do ato. Este cenário gera no mínimo insegurança jurídica, desentendimentos fundiários, além de conflitos locais. O objetivo central deste artigo é discutir se os dispositivos da Lei 9.985 de 2000, seu decreto e a Constituição, autorizam a criação de espaços protegidos em área de outro ente da Federação. Além disso, analisar as diferença quanto à modalidade de UC – de uso sustentável ou de proteção integral. As UC de uso Sustentável podem ser criadas em áreas sem o domínio do titular, pois estar-se-ia meramente atuando com Limitação Administrativa, sem a transferência do domínio. Nas UC de proteção integral sua instituição dependem do domínio pelo titular do ato, salvo quando ocorrer a desapropriação nos casos admitidos em Lei.Palavras-chaves: Intervenção do Estado; Lei 9.985/2000; Terras Públicas; Unidade de Conservação; Desapropriação.INTERVENTION OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN OTHER PUBLIC LANDS FOR CONSERVATION UNITS OF CREATION Abstract: Natural resources protection is a Constitutional duty for both all society and State. Besides all federation members detain such common legal competency. The Brazilian Protected Area´s Act (Law 9.985 of 2000) it was not clear whether it is possible to create Protected Areas over public lands. Over last 15 years many areas have been created in overlapping public territories generating legal uncertainty, disagreements, and local conflicts. The aim of this text was to discuss whether law and the Constitution authorize a member of the Federation to institute Protected Areas in land of another member Federation. Furthermore, to examine the legal effects for different types of Protected Areas. The modality of Sustainable Protected Areas (SPA) can be created in areas without the domain. This is because merely would be acting with administrative limitation. On the other hand, the modality of Full Protected Areas (FPA) depend on the domain, except under the expropriation and compensation payment.Keywords: State intervention; Law 9.985/2000; Public lands; Conservation Unit; Expropriation.Data da submissão: 30/04/2016 Data da aprovação: 12/06/2016

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Human population and socioeconomic modulators of conservation performance in 788 Amazonian and Atlantic Forest reserves

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.2206 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e2206 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Ana Alice B. de Marques ◽

Mauricio Schneider ◽

Carlos A. Peres

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Human Population ◽

Habitat Degradation ◽

Natural Habitat ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Global Strategy ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Tropical Country ◽

Conversion Rates

Protected areas form a quintessential component of the global strategy to perpetuate tropical biodiversity within relatively undisturbed wildlands, but they are becoming increasingly isolated by rapid agricultural encroachment. Here we consider a network of 788 forest protected areas (PAs) in the world’s largest tropical country to examine the degree to which they remain intact, and their responses to multiple biophysical and socioeconomic variables potentially affecting natural habitat loss under varying contexts of rural development. PAs within the complex Brazilian National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) are broken down into two main classes—strictly protected and sustainable use. Collectively, these account for 22.6% of the forest biomes within Brazil’s national territory, primarily within the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest, but are widely variable in size, ecoregional representation, management strategy, and the degree to which they are threatened by human activities both within and outside reserve boundaries. In particular, we examine the variation in habitat conversion rates in both strictly protected and sustainable use reserves as a function of the internal and external human population density, and levels of land-use revenue in adjacent human-dominated landscapes. Our results show that PAs surrounded by heavily settled agro-pastoral landscapes face much greater challenges in retaining their natural vegetation, and that strictly protected areas are considerably less degraded than sustainable use reserves, which can rival levels of habitat degradation within adjacent 10-km buffer areas outside.

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Bat assemblage of Guaribas Biological Reserve, an Atlantic forest conservation unit in North-eastern Brazil: Results of a two-stage long-term survey

Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences ◽

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v38i3.31248 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 365 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Caio Graco Zeppelini ◽

Isabela Jerônimo ◽

Karlla Morganna da Costa Rego ◽

Maria Paula de Aguiar Fracasso ◽

Luiz Carlos Serramo Lopez

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Forest Conservation ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Two Stage ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

North Eastern ◽

Biological Reserve ◽

Long Term Survey

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ORDENAMENTO TERRITORIAL E GESTÃO EM UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DE AMBIENTES COSTEIROS (TERRITORIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS)

Revista GeoNordeste ◽

10.33360/rgn.2318-2695.2019.i1p200-219 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 200-219

Author(s):

Eduina Bezerra França

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Coastal Environments ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Effective Governance ◽

Territorial Planning ◽

Governance Model ◽

Governance Analysis

RESUMO:No Brasil, a gestão de unidades de conservação ainda é pouco discutida no sentido de governança, e ao mesmo tempo direciona olhares para aplicação de metodologias e políticas de ordenamento territorial que venham a mitigar os conflitos e efetivar práticas mais participativas. O objetivo do artigo é compreender as implicações do ordenamento territorial e da gestão de UC em ambientes costeiros, tendo como referência empírica a APA de Piaçabuçu, Litoral Sul de Alagoas. A metodologia utilizou basicamente os seguintes instrumentos: levantamento bibliográfico e documental, visita de campo e entrevista com gestores. Para análise e interpretação dos resultados optou-se pelo decálogo proposto pelo geógrafo espanhol Barragán Muñoz (2014) que permite valorar os ambientes geográficos e sistematizar um modelo de governança eficaz na costa. Em suma, a dinâmica territorial da APA de Piaçabuçu passa por problemas que dificultam o trabalho da gestão e necessita de parcerias que atentem para a governança e inclua as esferas antenadas com a organização do território.Palavras-chave: Ordenamento Territorial; Unidade de Conservação; Litoral. ABSTRACT:In Brazil, the management of conservation units is still little discussed in the sense of governance and, at the same time, it directs approaches to the application of territorial planning methodologies and policies that will mitigate conflicts and effect more participatory practices. The objective of this article is to understand the implications of land use planning in the APA of Piaçabuçu, Litoral Sul de Alagoas. The methodology used basically the following instruments: bibliographical and documentary survey, field visit and interview with managers. For governance analysis in UC, the decalogue proposed by the Spanish geographer Barragán Muñoz (2014) was used to assess geographic environments and systematize an effective governance model on the coast. In short, the territorial dynamics of the APA in Piaçabuçu are affected by problems that hamper the work of management and require partnerships that jeopardize governance and include the spheres with the organization of the territory.Keywords: Territorial Planning; Conservation Unit; Coast.

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MAMÍFEROS DE MÉDIO E GRANDE PORTE NA ÁREA DE PROTEÇÃO AMBIENTAL MUNICIPAL DO RIO VERMELHO EM SANTA CATARINA, SUL DO BRASIL

Oecologia Australis ◽

10.4257/oeco.2021.2503.08 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (03) ◽

pp. 722-737

Author(s):

Marcelo Hübel ◽

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Izar Aximoff ◽

Antonio Carlos de Freitas ◽

Clarissa Rosa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Lepus Europaeus ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Large Mammals ◽

Mammal Species ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Santa Catarina State

MEDIUM AND LARGE MAMMALS IN RIO VERMELHO MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREA, SANTA CATARINA, SOUTHERN BRAZIL: Most studies on medium and large mammals in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest are carried out in areas under full protection (as parks and biological reserves). Considering the continuing threats that the forest remnants are suffering, it is essential to carry out mammal surveys in protected areas for sustainable use. In order to evaluate the species richness and the relative frequency of medium and large mammals in the área de proteção ambiental municipal do Rio Vermelho – APARV (northern Santa Catarina state), methodologies of direct visualization and camera traps were used. The study was conducted from the beginning of 2015 to the end of 2019. In Santa Catarina state, there is only one study which sampling effort is comparable to the present one (7300 night-trap). Thirty-three native mammal species and two alien species (Canis familiaris and Lepus europaeus) were found. The species accumulation curve tended to stabilize at the beginning of the third year. Three species were responsible for more than half of the photographic records (Cerdocyon thous, Eira barbara and Procyon cancrivorus). In total, 33.3% of the species are classified in some category of threat, and three of these species are among the less recorded in Santa Catarina state (Tayassu pecari, Tapirus terrestris and Mazama nana). Our survey added 18 new occurrences to the APARV management plan. Only two of the 18 mammal surveys carried out previously in the Santa Catarina state recorded more species than our study. This is the second survey which was carried out in protected areas for sustainable use in Santa Catarina state. Our study contributes to the important knowledge that can be used in conservation measures. In this way, the APARV plays a fundamental role for the conservation of the Atlantic Forest mammals, constituting an important area favoring the population movements of mammals.

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Efficiency of protected areas in Amazon and Atlantic Forest conservation: A spatio-temporal view

Acta Oecologica ◽

10.1016/j.actao.2018.01.001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 87 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Thadeu Sobral-Souza ◽

Maurício Humberto Vancine ◽

Milton Cezar Ribeiro ◽

Matheus S. Lima-Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Forest Conservation ◽

Spatio Temporal

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Sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), vectors of Leishmania protozoa, at an Atlantic Forest Conservation Unit in the municipality of Nísia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors ◽

10.1186/s13071-016-1352-5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marcos Paulo Gomes Pinheiro ◽

Marcel Miranda de Medeiros Silva ◽

João Batista Silva Júnior ◽

José Hilário Tavares da Silva ◽

Maria de Lima Alves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Forest Conservation ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Conservation Unit

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Ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Turvo State Park, municipality of Derrubadas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/1519-6984.239642 ◽

2023 ◽

Vol 83 ◽

Author(s):

J. A. Lutinski ◽

F. E. Dorneles ◽

C. Guarda ◽

C. J. Lutinski ◽

M. A. Busato ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Ant Assemblages ◽

Management Plans ◽

Forest Remnants ◽

First Time ◽

Ant Diversity

Abstract The knowledge of ant assemblages that occurs in Conservation Units in the Atlantic Forest domain is a priority, considering the number of endemic species and the impacts that this biome has been suffering. The aim of this study was to evaluate ant assemblages in the Turvo State Park, which is the largest conservation unit in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and presents an important role on biodiversity protection. Two samplings were conducted in 2019, one in the summer (January) and the other in the spring (November and December), at five sites 2 km apart, with pitfall traps (soil and canopy), sardine baits, glucose, beating net, sweeping net and manual collection. We sampled 121 species in the summer and 120 in the spring, totaling 163 ant species. A total of 78 species (47.8%) occurred in both sampling seasons. The richest genera in the study were Camponotus (S = 30), Pheidole (S = 23) and Linepithema (S = 11). Seventeen species were recorded for the first time for Rio Grande do Sul state. The results indicate that this is one of the most species-rich assemblages of ants ever surveyed in a conservation unit in southern Brazil. The study highlights the importance of Conservation Units as protected environments against habitat loss for ant biodiversity. The results of this study contribute to myrmecofauna knowledge and serve as a basis for environmental impact studies, management plans and conservation of Atlantic Forest remnants.

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