Poor alignment of priorities between scientists and policymakers highlights the need for evidence-informed conservation in Brazil

Karam-Gemael, Manoela; Loyola, Rafael; Penha, Jerry; Izzo, Thiago J.

doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2018.06.002

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“…First, scientists could collectively demand from the environmental agency in charge of the national lists workshops in a given country that the final assessments files are translated into English for publication in the IUCN Red List. In general, the communication between academia and environmental managers is poor and conservation decisions often lack scientific evidences (Karam-Gemael et al 2018b). Then, this would be an opportunity of narrowing the flow of demands and information between science and practice.…”

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Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda

Karam-Gemael¹,

Decker²,

Stoev³

et al. 2020

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Red Listing of Threatened species is recognized as the most objective approach for evaluating extinction risk of living organisms which can be applied at global or national scales. Invertebrates account for nearly 97% of all animals on the planet but are insufficiently represented in the IUCN Red Lists at both scales. To analyze the occurrence of species present in regional Red Lists, accounts of 48 different countries and regions all over the world were consulted and all data about myriapods (Myriapoda) ever assessed in Red Lists at any level assembled. Myriapod species assessments were found in eleven regional Red Lists; however, no overlap between the species included in the global IUCN Red List and the regional ones was established. This means that myriapod species considered threatened at regional level may not be eligible for international funding specific for protection of native threatened species (more than US$ 25 million were available in the last decade) as most financial instruments tend to support only threatened species included in the IUCN Red List. As the lack of financial resources may limit protection for species in risk of extinction, it is urgent to increase the possibilities of getting financial support for implementation of measures for their protection. A Red List of all Myriapoda species recorded in Red Lists at national or local (596) and global (210) scales totaling 806 species is presented. This list shows for the first time an overview of the current conservation status of Myriapoda species. Here, the urgent need of establishing a Myriapoda Specialist Group in the Species Survival Commission of IUCN is also stressed.

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Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda

Karam-Gemael¹,

Decker²,

Stoev³

et al. 2020

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“…This condition is evidently induced, and generally favored, by political-economic sectors less concerned with the maintenance of ecosystem quality than instant monetary gains, and continuous unsustainable economic growth; such as widespread unsustainable agribusiness and industry practices (Limburg et al, 2011;Czech and Daly, 2013). However, not only has society ignored scientific evidence, but ecologists and economists have also failed to understand the needs of society (Pilling, 2019;Weber and Ringold, 2019), creating many mismatches between science and policy (Karam-Gemael et al, 2018). This stems from poor communication and little mutual understanding between scientists and other sectors of society (Azevedo-Santos et al, 2017;Fabian et al, 2019).…”

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A Humboldtian Approach to Mountain Conservation and Freshwater Ecosystem Services

Callisto

Solar

Silveira

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Tackling complex environmental issues requires transdisciplinary solutions that cannot be achieved, unless we integrate scientific disciplines and communicate science directly with civil society actors, decision-makers, and stakeholders. Alexander von Humboldt offered an approach to integrate knowledge across disciplines aiming to broadly understand human-environmental issues, yet current scientific practices largely ignore that holistic transdisciplinary approach. Here, we develop a conceptual framework for sustaining mountain environmental integrity and securing their ecosystem services based on transdisciplinarity. We use headwater systems located in old tropical mountains as examples of meta-ecosystems because they supply water for multiple human uses and are home to disproportionately high levels of species richness and endemism. We describe the vulnerability of mountains to global changes in the Anthropocene and discuss difficulties in implementing sustainable development goals for them. Specifically, we indicate the importance of mountains to human water supplies and the conflicts between anthropogenic disturbances and riparian stream meta-ecosystems for providing ecosystem services particularly failures. We also argue that the interplay between academia and other sectors of society must improve and increase the permeability of scientific knowledge into policy-and decision-making, which is crucial for improving natural resource management and sustaining ecosystem services. We argue that the prioritization of tropical montane headwater systems is a feasible, desirable and strategic issue to be included in the global sustainability agenda. Failure to implement sustainable development goals in global mountains is likely to continue resulting in catastrophic events with harsh consequences for both humans and global biodiversity.

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“…However, many of these ecosystems have been disrupted by human activities, threatening the maintenance of native biodiversity and ecosystem services. This scenario points to the urgent need for a variety of different conservation strategies in the scientific, educational and political realms (Azevedo‐Santos et al, ; Karam‐Gemael, Loyola, Penha, & Izzo, ; Pelicice et al, ).…”

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Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

Azevedo‐Santos

Frederico

Fagundes³

et al. 2018

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Brazil has a variety of aquatic ecosystems and rich freshwater biodiversity, but these components have been constantly damaged by the expansion of unsustainable activities. An array of different conservation strategies is needed, especially the creation of protected areas (PAs, hereafter). However, Brazil's PAs are biased towards terrestrial ecosystems and we argue that current PAs have limited efficacy in the protection of freshwater biodiversity. New PAs should better consider aquatic environments, covering entire basins, rivers and other freshwater habitats. We recommend ways to implement these PAs and provide guidance to avoid social impacts. Freshwater systems in Brazil provide essential goods and services but these ecosystems are being rapidly degraded and will be lost if not adequately protected.

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Poor alignment of priorities between scientists and policymakers highlights the need for evidence-informed conservation in Brazil

Cited by 20 publications

References 29 publications

Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda

Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda

A Humboldtian Approach to Mountain Conservation and Freshwater Ecosystem Services

Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

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