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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Passando a boiada：取消宪报和缩小规模威胁着巴西亚马逊的保护区

这篇文章讨论了巴西亚马逊保护区的减少和消除。这影响了巴西的保护工作、生态系统进程和减缓气候变化。“穿过牛群”（Passando a boiada）一词源于时任巴西环境部长里卡多·萨勒斯在2020年部长级会议上的发言，反映了2019-2022年博尔索纳罗政府对环境政策的拆解。尽管现任总统努力恢复环境保护，但乡村主义阵线对国民大会的控制继续威胁着保护区。Cristalino II州立公园位于马托格罗索州的亚马逊南部，由于欺诈性的土地索赔，该公园正面临被取消的危险。减少保护区破坏了生物多样性保护和减缓气候变化。维护这些地区对于巴西履行其到2030年实现零森林砍伐的缔约方会议第十五次会议承诺至关重要。这种情况迫切需要全球关注，以履行保护承诺，防止生态系统进一步退化。

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

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7.80

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59 days

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.