1. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: a road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot
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Cecilia F. Fiorini, G. Wilson Fernandes, Aldicir Scariot, Euripedes Pontes Junior, Elizabeth Oliveira, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, José Eugênio Côrtes Figueira, Newton P. U. Barbosa, Fernando A. O. Silveira, Daniel Quedes Domingos, Marco O. Pivari, Wallace Beiroz, Yumi Oki, Juan Arroyo, Anna Abrahão, Patrícia Angrisano, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Dario Caminha-Paiva, Letícia M.F. Sena, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Ana Carolina de Oliveira Neves, Débora Lima-Santos, Julia Marques, Marília Carvalho, John Dagevos, Daniel Negreiros, Abel Augusto Conceição, Stephannie Fernandes, Rodolfo Dirzo, Samuel Novais, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer, Lílian Brito, Fernando F. Goulart, Tadeu J. Guerra, Montserrat Arista, Ana Maria Giulietti, Leda N. Costa, Emmanuel Duarte Almada, Natacha Jordânia da Silva Alves, Livia Echternacht, Paulo R. Siqueira, Rogério Vasconcellos, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Rafael S. Oliveira, Eugênia Kelly Luciano Batista, Bernardo Gontijo, Deise T.B. Miola, Vanessa M. Gomes, Marcos Callisto, Laura Braga, Marcelo Tabarelli, Elaine Alves, Bernardo D. Ranieri, Patrícia A. Junqueira, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto, Fernando M. Resende, Augusto Gomes, Jessica Cunha-Blum, Antônio Gabriel da Costa e Cruz, Thaise de Oliveira Bahia, Milton Barbosa, Evaldo F. Vilela, Elizabeth Neire, Natalia Costa Soares, Victor D. Pinto, Rodrigo Pinheiro Ribas, André Jardim Arruda, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Long Term Ecological Research, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), G. WILSON FERNANDES, UFMG, LUCAS ARANTES-GARCIA, UFMG, MILTON BARBOS, UFMG, NEWTON P. U. BARBOS, CENTRO DE BIOENGENHARIA DE ESPÉCIES INVASORAS (CBEIH), EUGÊNIA K. L. BATISTA, UFMG, WALLACE BEIROZ, UFMG, FERNANDO M. RESENDE, UFMG, ANNA ABRAHÃO, UNICAMP, EMMANUEL D. ALMADA, UEMG, ELAINE ALVES, SIMETRIA MEIO AMBIENTE E ENGENHARIA, NATACHA J. ALVES, UFOP, PATRÍCIA ANGRISANO, UFMG, MONTSERRAT ARISTA, UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE, SPAIN, JUAN ARROYO, UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE, SPAIN, ANDRÉ JARDIM ARRUDA, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, THAISE DE OLIVEIRA BAHIA, UFOP, LAURA BRAGA, UFOP, LÍLIAN BRITO, IFNMG, MARCOS CALLISTO, UFMG, DARIO CAMINHA-PAIVA, UFMG, MARÍLIA CARVALHO, UFV, ABEL AUGUSTO CONCEIÇÃO, UEFS, LEDA N. COSTA, UFMG, ANTONIO CRUZ, UFMG, JESSICA CUNHA-BLUM, UFMG, JOHN DAGEVOS, TILBURG UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS, BRAULIO F. S. DIAS, UNB, VICTOR D. PINTO, UFV, RODOLFO DIRZO, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USA, DANIEL QUEDES DOMINGOS, UFLA, LÍVIA ECHTERNACHT, UFOP, STEPHANNIE FERNANDES, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, USA, JOSE EUGENIO C. FIGUEIRA, UFMG, CECILIA F. FIORINI, UFMG, ANA MARIA GIULIETTI, UEFS, AUGUSTO GOMES, INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER, ANDIRÁ IMAGENS, VANESSA M. GOMES, UFMG, BERNARDO GONTIJO, UFMG, FERNANDO GOULART, UNB, TADEU J. GUERRA, UFMG, PATRÍCIA A. JUNQUEIRA, UFMG, DÉBORA LIMA-SANTOS, UFMG, JULIA MARQUES, UFOP, JOAO MEIRA-NETO, UFV, DEISE T. B. MIOLA, UFMG, LEONOR PATRÍCIA C. MORELLATO, UNESP, DANIEL NEGREIROS, CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNA, ELIZABETH NEIRE, UFV, ANA CAROLINA NEVES, UFMG, FREDERICO S. NEVES, UFMG, SAMUEL NOVAIS, UFMG, YUMI OKI, UFMG, ELIZABETH OLIVEIRA, AGROFLOR ENGENHARIA E MEIO AMBIENTE, RAFAEL S. OLIVEIRA, UNICAMP, MARCO O. PIVARI, BIOMA MEIO AMBIENTE, EURIPEDES PONTES JUNIOR, ICMBIO, BERNANDO D. RANIERI, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (UBC), CANADA, RODRIGO PINHEIRO RIBAS, UESC, ALDICIR OSNI SCARIOT, Cenargen, CARLOS E. ECHAEFER, UFV, LETÍCIA SENA, UFMG, PEDRO G. DA SILVA, UFMG, PAULO R. SIQUEIRA, UFMG, NATALIA C. SOARES, UNESP, BRITALDO SOARES-FILHO, UFMG, RICARDO SOLAR, UFMG, MARCELO TABARELLI, UFPE, ROGÉRIO VASCONCELLOS, ANGLO-AMERICAN, BRAZIL, EVALDO VILELA, UFV, and FERNANDO A. O. SILVEIRA, UFMG.
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:QH1-199.5 ,Biodiversity ,Rupestrian grassland ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,Biodiversity conservation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,lcsh:QH540-549.5 ,Traditional knowledge ,Environmental planning ,Restoration ecology ,Global change ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Ecology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Bioeconomy ,Biodiversity hotspot ,Geography ,Policy ,Sustainable management ,Ecotourism ,Sustainability ,Mountain ecology ,lcsh:Ecology - Abstract
Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate regulation. The undeniable importance of conserving tropical forests has drawn most of the conservation spotlight towards it. However, open ecosystems such as the Brazilian Campo Rupestre (rupestrian grassland), have been historically overlooked despite their high diversity and key associated ecosystem services. We highlight major current threats to the persistence of the Campo Rupestre emphasizing its ecological, social, cultural, geo-environmental, and economic importance. We call attention to the importance of the Campo Rupestre as a reservoir of biodiversity and ecosystem services and offer priority actions that resulted from discussions involving scientists, industry representatives, environmental managers, and other members of civil society. Proposed actions include efforts related to ecological restoration, sustainable ecotourism, protection of traditional ecological knowledge, identification of emerging research questions, and development of tailored public policies. Such issues are integrated into a framework that collectively represents a road map to safeguard the Campo Rupestre from further degradation and steer its historical overexploitation towards sustainable management. Safeguarding the future of non-forest biomes like this poses a challenge to current paradigms of nature conservation. By establishing priorities and guidelines, we propose an actionable plan, which we hope can support informed decision-making policy towards a sustainable use of the Campo Rupestre. Long Term Ecological Research PELD-CRSC-17 Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas CNPq/MCTI Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2013/50155-0, 2010/51307-0, 2019/07773-1
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- 2020