Drivers of change in biodiversity and ecosystem services in the cantareira system protected area: A prospective analysis of the implementation of public policies

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11240/20:10414435

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.scielo.br/pdf/bn/v20s1/1676-0611-bn-20-s1-e20190915.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.scielo.br/pdf/bn/v20s1/1676-0611-bn-20-s1-e20190915.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2019-0915" target="_blank" >10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2019-0915</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Drivers of change in biodiversity and ecosystem services in the cantareira system protected area: A prospective analysis of the implementation of public policies

Original language description

The lack of implementation of well-designed public policies aimed at the conservation of natural ecosystems has resulted, at a global level, in the decline of ecosystem functioning and, consequently, of the contributions they make to people. The poor enforcement of important environmental legislation in Brazil-for instance, the “Atlantic Forest Law” (Law n.11.428/2006) and the “Forest Code” (Law n.12.651/2012)-could compromise the overall maintenance of ecosystems and the services they provide. To explore the implications of different levels of federal laws’ enforcement within the Cantareira System Protected Area (PA)-a PA in southeastern Brazil that provides fresh water for 47% of the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area-, we developed a conceptual framework to identify indirect and direct drives of biodiversity and ecosystem changes. We also projected four land-use scenarios to 2050 to test the effects of deforestation control and forest restoration practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services maintenance: the “business-as-usual” scenario (BAU), which assumes that all trends in land-use cover changes observed in the past will continue in the future, and three alternative exploratory scenarios considering the Atlantic Forest Law implementation, the partial implementation of the Forest Code and the full implementation of the Forest Code. Using the land-use maps generated for each scenario, we assessed the impacts of land-use changes on biodiversity conservation and soil retention. Our results revealed all alternative scenarios could increase biodiversity conservation (by 7%, 12%, and 12%, respectively), reduce soil loss (by 24.70%, 34.70%, and 38.12%, respectively) and sediment exportation to water (by 27.47%, 55.06%, and 59.28%, respectively), when compared to the BAU scenario. Our findings highlight the importance of restoring and conserving native vegetation for the maintenance and improvement of biodiversity conservation and for the provision of ecosystem services.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL02000520" target="_blank" >TL02000520: Landscape cultural ecosystem services assessment and mapping</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biota neotropica

ISSN

1676-0603

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAY

Country of publishing house

BR - BRAZIL

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

e20190915

UT code for WoS article

000537558400005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85085895774