Science in support of Amazonian conservation in the 21st century: the case of Brazil. (14th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simmons, Cynthia S.; Famolare, Lisa; Macedo, Marcia N.; Walker, Robert T.; Coe, Michael T.; Scheffers, Brett; Arima, Eugenio; Munoz‐Carpena, Rafael; Valle, Denis; Fraisse, Clyde; Moorcroft, Paul; Diniz, Marcelo; Diniz, Marcia; Szlafsztein, Claudio; Pereira, Ritaumaria; Ruiz, Cesar; Rocha, Gilberto; Juhn, Daniel; Otávio do Canto Lopes, Luis; Waylen, Michael; Antunes, Aghane; Galvan, Yankuic M
• Is Part Of: Biotropica. Volume 50:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 850
• Page End: 858
• Publication Date: 2018-11-14
• Subjects: Amazon Basin -- biodiversity conservation -- climate change -- deforestation -- economic globalization -- industrialization and agricultural development -- Initiative to Integrate the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA); Biotic communities -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Applied ecology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Biology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; 577.80913
• DOI: 10.1111/btp.12610
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0006-3606

Abstract

Abstract: This article presents a 21st Century agenda for Amazonian conservation. The agenda calls for developing a system of refugia and a scientific methodology for predicting impacts of the infrastructure development vision for the region. It also calls for a collaborative approach to conservation planning, in the interest of fruitful engagement with decision‐makers and stakeholders. The ideas explored here emerged from the collaboration of peers over a decade, which culminated in a panel presentation, Scientific Analysis, and Simulation Models to Support Conservation and Development Decision‐Making, at the Tools and Strategies Workshop held at the University of Florida in October, 2017.