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| DOI | 10.1126/science.abc8297 |
| Brazil undermines parks by relocating staff | |
| Pablo R. Gonçalves; Fabio Di Dario; Ana C. Petry; Rodrigo L. Martins; Rodrigo N. da Fonseca; Malinda D. Henry; Francisco de Assis Esteves; Carlos R. Ruiz-Miranda; Leandro R. Monteiro; Marcelo T. Nascimento | |
| 2020-06-12 | |
| 发表期刊 | Science
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| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 英文摘要 | In May, in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Brazil's Ministry of Environment issued a series of new acts dismissing and relocating the heads of National Parks administrated by the Federal Agency for Conservation of Biodiversity ([ 1 ][1]). The new management model will relocate experienced technical staff of all National Parks and Reserves into a few Management Centers (NGIs), often far from the Protected Areas (PAs) they oversee. This remote management strategy will result in a substantial reduction of the country's ability to preserve key ecosystems, such as those located in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest of northern Rio de Janeiro state, where the last populations of the highly threatened Golden Lion tamarin ( Leontopithecus rosalia ) live, along with many other endangered species ([ 2 ][2], [ 3 ][3]).
NGIs were originally designed to integrate and strengthen similar PAs, but few meet this criterion. The Golden Lion tamarins live in tropical forests, but the designated NGI for that region will also include the Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park ([ 4 ][4]), formed by coastal lagoons and sandy plain shrublands. Long-term ecological studies that have been conducted in this park for decades ([ 5 ][5]) are now on hold because of uncertainties posed by the implementation of NGIs. This park is located in one of the most populated regions of South America ([ 6 ][6]), and proper conservation of its unique biota is also in severe peril. Illegal hunting and fishing are common in all Atlantic Forest PAs, despite the presence of PA staff. Removing the staff from the local region will impair effective responses to these activities, likely increasing the loss of rare and threatened species of birds and mammals.
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is also a potential hotspot for emerging diseases ([ 7 ][7]) given the severe biodiversity impacts of rampant deforestation ([ 8 ][8]). Instead of dismantling the management structure that protects PAs, Brazil should increase the technical and financial support needed by its parks to foster tourism, education, science, and conservation.
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4. [↵][15]Procuradoria da República no Rio de Janeiro, “MPF recomenda ao ICMBio que revogue as exonerações nas Unidades de Conservação do Norte Fluminense e Região dos Lagos” (Ministério Público Federal, 2020) [in Portuguese].
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| 领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/274449 |
| 专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pablo R. Gonçalves,Fabio Di Dario,Ana C. Petry,et al. Brazil undermines parks by relocating staff[J]. Science,2020. |
| APA | Pablo R. Gonçalves.,Fabio Di Dario.,Ana C. Petry.,Rodrigo L. Martins.,Rodrigo N. da Fonseca.,...&Marcelo T. Nascimento.(2020).Brazil undermines parks by relocating staff.Science. |
| MLA | Pablo R. Gonçalves,et al."Brazil undermines parks by relocating staff".Science (2020). |
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