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{"title":"Assembly patterns and functional diversity of tree species in a successional gradient of Araucaria forest in Southern Brazil","authors":"José Vicente-Silva, R. Bergamin, K. Zanini, V. Pillar, S. Müller","doi":"10.1016/J.NCON.2016.09.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NCON.2016.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"5 1","pages":"67-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79491817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil","authors":"Geraldo Wilson Fernandes ,&nbsp;Fernando F. Goulart ,&nbsp;Bernardo D. Ranieri ,&nbsp;Marcel S. Coelho ,&nbsp;Kirsten Dales ,&nbsp;Nina Boesche ,&nbsp;Mercedes Bustamante ,&nbsp;Felipe A. Carvalho ,&nbsp;Daniel C. Carvalho ,&nbsp;Rodolfo Dirzo ,&nbsp;Stephannie Fernandes ,&nbsp;Pedro M. Galetti Jr. ,&nbsp;Virginia E. Garcia Millan ,&nbsp;Christian Mielke ,&nbsp;Jorge L. Ramirez ,&nbsp;Ana Neves ,&nbsp;Christian Rogass ,&nbsp;Sérvio P. Ribeiro ,&nbsp;Aldicir Scariot ,&nbsp;Britaldo Soares-Filho","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We review the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the catastrophic dam failure in Mariana, Brazil. Tailing management practices by Samarco mining company ultimately caused a dam breach that abruptly discharged between 55 and 62<!--> <!-->million<!--> <!-->m³ of tailings into the Doce River watershed. On November 5th, 2015, a tsunami of slurry engulfed the small district of Bento Rodrigues, loading the Doce River and its estuary with toxic tailings along a 663.2<!--> <!-->km trajectory, extending impacts to the Atlantic coast. Acute ecological impacts will adversely affect livelihoods of more than 1 million people in 41 riparian municipalities by reducing local access to fisheries resources, clean water, crop production sites, hydroelectric power generation and raw materials. The threats to riverine human communities are particularly critical for the disadvantaged populations from remote areas that rely on subsistence agriculture and fisheries, and are uniquely vulnerable to long-term heavy metal exposure. At the landscape scale, we predict multiple negative impacts, ranging from alterations of the genetic diversity of fish populations to long-term vegetation loss and poor regeneration in contaminated areas. Consequently, compromised soil stability and runoff control will increase the risk of further geomorphologic disturbance, including landslides, bank failure and mass movements. We propose spatially explicit long-term monitoring frameworks and priority mitigation measures to cope with acute and chronic risks. We posit that, from a national perspective, disastrous impacts like that of Doce River may become more frequent, given the recent regulatory changes that undermine both institutional governance structures and enforcement of environmental regulation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 2","pages":"Pages 35-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.10.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72120173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A critical analysis of the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012): updates and ongoing initiatives","authors":"P. Brancalion, L. C. Garcia, R. Loyola, R. Rodrigues, V. Pillar, T. Lewinsohn","doi":"10.1016/J.NCON.2016.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NCON.2016.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90973286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A critical analysis of the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012): updates and ongoing initiatives","authors":"Pedro H.S. Brancalion ,&nbsp;Letícia C. Garcia ,&nbsp;Rafael Loyola ,&nbsp;Ricardo R. Rodrigues ,&nbsp;Valério D. Pillar ,&nbsp;Thomas M. Lewinsohn","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil, which replaced the Forest Code from 1965, is still undergoing regulation at federal and state levels, and the constitutionality of some clauses are still in question. In order to support legal rulings, decisions by public officers, and to inform other stakeholders, we present a balanced assessment of the positive and negative consequences of Native Vegetation Protection Law in light of current scientific knowledge. Key advances were noted in the systems of controls and incentives, which promoted new mechanisms and policies to support the implementation of this law. The main environmental setbacks were (i) the removal of protection of certain environmentally fragile areas, (ii) the concession of amnesty of fines incurred for violating the preceding legislation, (iii) allowing continuous farming or maintenance of infrastructure in areas protected by law, without full recovery of native vegetation. The weakening of Native Vegetation Protection Law may hamper soil and watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, and even agricultural productivity, without manifest benefits for the country. On that account, we recommend that: (i) judiciary rulings and state and county regulations to correct pending issues with the Native Vegetation Protection Law based on scientific knowledge and with wider citizen participation; (ii) the strengthening of agencies for rural technical assistance; (iii) the development of incentives to develop the supply chain for native vegetation recovery; (iv) the regulation of compensation for Legal Reserves based on clear and robust environmental criteria; and (v) the assessment of legal compliance has also to be based on the environmental quality of recovered areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 ","pages":"Pages 1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72078425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Análise crítica da Lei de Proteção da Vegetação Nativa (2012), que substituiu o antigo Código Florestal: atualizações e ações em curso","authors":"Pedro Brancalion, Letícia Couto Garcia, R. Loyola, R. Rodrigues, Valério D. Pillar, T. Lewinsohn","doi":"10.1016/J.NCON.2016.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NCON.2016.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"113 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74202023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Análise crítica da Lei de Proteção da Vegetação Nativa (2012), que substituiu o antigo Código Florestal: atualizações e ações em curso","authors":"Pedro H.S. Brancalion ,&nbsp;Letícia C. Garcia ,&nbsp;Rafael Loyola ,&nbsp;Ricardo R. Rodrigues ,&nbsp;Valério D. Pillar ,&nbsp;Thomas M. Lewinsohn","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Native Vegetation Protection Law (NVPL) of Brazil, which replaced the Forest Code from 1965, is still undergoing regulation at federal and state levels, and the constitutionality of some clauses are still in question. In order to support legal rulings, decisions by public officers, and to inform other stakeholders, we present a balanced assessment of the positive and negative consequences of NVPL in light of current scientific knowledge. Key advances were noted in the systems of controls and incentives, which promoted new mechanisms and policies to support the implementation of this law. The main environmental setbacks were i) the removal of protection of certain environmentally fragile areas, ii) the concession of amnesty of fines incurred for violating the preceding legislation, iii) allowing continuous farming or maintenance of infrastructure in areas protected by law, without full recovery native vegetation. The weakening of NVPL may hamper soil and watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, and even agricultural productivity, without manifest benefits for the country. On that account, we recommend: i) that judiciary rulings and state and county regulations to correct pending issues with the NVPL based on scientific knowledge and with wider citizen participation; ii) the strengthening of agencies for rural technical assistance; iii) the development of incentives to develop the supply chain for native vegetation recovery; iv) the regulation of compensation for Legal Reserves based on clear and robust environmental criteria; and that v) that the assessment of legal compliance has also to be based on the environmental quality of recovered areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 ","pages":"Pages e1-e16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72078426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The importance of restoration areas to conserve bird species in a highly fragmented Atlantic forest landscape","authors":"Paulo Cesar Araújo Santos Junior ,&nbsp;Fernanda Cristina Marques ,&nbsp;Marcos Robalinho Lima ,&nbsp;Luiz dos Anjos","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72100832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tidal pools as habitat for juveniles of the goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein 1822) in the Amazonian coastal zone, Brazil","authors":"Cleonice Maria Cardoso Lobato ,&nbsp;Bruno Eleres Soares ,&nbsp;Tiago Octavio Ruffeil Begot ,&nbsp;Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2015.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2015.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 1","pages":"20-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2015.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72100830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patterns of granivory in Acacia cyclops stands under biological control at Langebaanweg, South Africa","authors":"Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 1","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72100829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impacts of deforestation on some orchids of São Paulo State, Brazil","authors":"Jean Carlos Cardoso ,&nbsp;Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva ,&nbsp;Wagner A. Vendrame","doi":"10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49776,"journal":{"name":"Natureza & Conservacao","volume":"14 1","pages":"28-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72100824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}