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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17113| Title: | Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil |
| Authors: | Azevedo-Santos, Valter Monteiro de Fearnside, Philip Martin Oliveira, Caroline S. Padial, André Andrian Pelicice, Fernando Mayer Lima-Junior, D. P. Simberloff, Daniel S. Lovejoy, Thomas E. Magalhães, André Lincoln Barroso de Orsi, M. L. Agostinho, A. A. Esteves, Franscisco de Assis dos Santos Pompeu, Paulo Laurance, William F. Petrere, Miguel Mormul, Roger Paulo Simões Vitule, Jean Ricardo |
| Keywords: | Biodiversity Conservation Management Decision Making Ecosystem Management Environmental Impact Environmental Legislation Governance Approach Natural Capital Neotropical Region Policy Approach Sustainability |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Biodiversity and Conservation |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 26, Número 7, Pags. 1745-1752 |
| Abstract: | The executive and legislative branches of Brazilian government have either proposed or taken a variety of initiatives that threaten biodiversity and ecosystems. Opposition by the scientific community has largely been ignored by decision-makers. In this short essay, we present recent examples of harmful policies that have great potential to erode biodiversity, and we suggest ways to communicate scientific knowledge to decision- makers. If the current gap between conservation science and policies is not filled, the country will threaten the maintenance of its natural capital and, consequently, the sustainability of essential societal activities in the long term. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/s10531-017-1316-x |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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