Passando a boiada: degazettement and downsizing threaten protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon

IF 4 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.pecon.2025.01.001

Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues , Thadeu Sobral-Souza , Tiago Shizen Pacheco Toma , Aretha Franklin Guimaraes , Thiago Junqueira Izzo , Marcos Penhacek , Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa , Neucir Szinwelski , Afonso Kempner , Willian Schornobay Bochenski , Milton Omar Cordova Neyra , Helena Streit , Gerhard Ernst Overbeck , Fabio de Oliveira Roque , Geraldo Wilson Fernandes , Cássio Cardoso Pereira , Philip Martin Fearnside

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This article addresses the reduction and elimination of protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. This impacts Brazil's conservation efforts, ecosystem processes, and climate change mitigation. The phrase “Passando a boiada” (Passing the herd through) originated from a statement by Brazil's then-Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles in a 2020 ministerial meeting and reflects the 2019–2022 Jair Bolsonaro presidential administration`s dismantling of environmental policies. Despite the current President's efforts to restore environmental protections, the Ruralist Front's control of the National Congress continues to threaten protected areas. Cristalino II State Park, located in the southern Amazon in Mato Grosso state, is facing elimination due to fraudulent land claims. Reducing protected areas undermines biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. Maintaining these areas is crucial for Brazil to fulfill its COP 15 commitment to achieve zero deforestation by 2030. The situation demands urgent global attention to uphold conservation commitments and to prevent further ecosystem degradation.

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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation

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期刊介绍： Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (PECON) is a scientific journal devoted to improving theoretical and conceptual aspects of conservation science. It has the main purpose of communicating new research and advances to different actors of society, including researchers, conservationists, practitioners, and policymakers. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation publishes original papers on biodiversity conservation and restoration, on the main drivers affecting native ecosystems, and on nature’s benefits to people and human wellbeing. This scope includes studies on biodiversity patterns, the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, biological invasion and climate change on biodiversity, conservation genetics, spatial conservation planning, ecosystem management, ecosystem services, sustainability and resilience of socio-ecological systems, conservation policy, among others.