Juarez C.B. Pezzuti , Jansen Zuanon , Priscila F.M. Lopes , Cristiane C. Carneiro , André Oliveira Sawakuchi , Thais R. Montovanelli , Alberto Akama , Camila C. Ribas , Diel Juruna , Philip M. Fearnside
{"title":"Brazil’s Belo Monte license renewal and the need to recognize the immense impacts of dams in Amazonia","authors":"Juarez C.B. Pezzuti , Jansen Zuanon , Priscila F.M. Lopes , Cristiane C. Carneiro , André Oliveira Sawakuchi , Thais R. Montovanelli , Alberto Akama , Camila C. Ribas , Diel Juruna , Philip M. Fearnside","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lula’s presidency in Brazil offers great hope for the environment but plans for hydroelectric dams in Amazonia represent an area of concern. The Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant that Lula promoted in his previous administrations and still defends illustrates the contradictions. In 2015 Belo Monte diverted water from the Xingu River through a canal that, since 2019, has left a 130-km river stretch with less than 30% of its natural annual discharge. This has compromised the food security of three Indigenous groups and of traditional non-indigenous river-dwelling people dependent on the river’s fish and turtles. Endemic (and threatened) species and unique ecosystems are now being eliminated. The pending renewal of Belo Monte’s operating license poses a test for the Lula administration’s socioenvironmental commitment. We offer suggestions for improved governance for existing dams like Belo Monte but conclude that no more large dams should be built in Amazonia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 112-117"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000270/pdfft?md5=cb5338fdf67be8968335df54d0477039&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000270-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141141966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela , Nelson Falcón-Espitia , Alejandra Arias-Escobar , Dennys Plazas-Cardona
{"title":"Conserving biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems: Insights from a herpetofauna study in the Colombian Andes with sustainable management proposal","authors":"Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela , Nelson Falcón-Espitia , Alejandra Arias-Escobar , Dennys Plazas-Cardona","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Amphibians and reptiles are important indicators of ecosystem health, yet their populations are declining worldwide due to habitat loss and climate change. Agroecosystems, such as coffee plantations, can provide important habitat for these species. We conducted field surveys in the Sumapaz region of Colombia to identify the habitat structural variables that influence the diversity and abundance of herpetofauna in coffee crops. The canonical correspondence analysis revealed that abundance of leaf litter, leaf litter moisture, shade percentage, plantation area, and plantation age category were the most important variables for determining herpetofauna diversity. Our findings suggest that shaded coffee plantations can sustain herpetofauna diversity, and maintaining a thick layer of leaf litter is critical for establishing complex and structured animal communities. This study proposes a set of sustainable agricultural management principles to promote the existence of amphibians and reptiles in coffee crops. By adopting these practices, it is possible to prevent the decline in the population of amphibians and reptiles due to the expansion of the agricultural frontier, as seen in other coffee-growing regions. The findings of this study contribute to a better understanding of how to balance agricultural production and biodiversity conservation in the context of agroecosystems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 196-204"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253006442400021X/pdfft?md5=2b4414f25f1a809bae0c36ec49ad6d36&pid=1-s2.0-S253006442400021X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141239928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lis F. Stegmann , Filipe M. França , Raquel L. Carvalho , Jos Barlow , Erika Berenguer , Leandro Castello , Leandro Juen , Fabrício B. Baccaro , Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira , Cássio Alencar Nunes , Rodrigo Oliveira , Eduardo M. Venticinque , Juliana Schietti , Joice Ferreira
{"title":"Brazilian public funding for biodiversity research in the Amazon","authors":"Lis F. Stegmann , Filipe M. França , Raquel L. Carvalho , Jos Barlow , Erika Berenguer , Leandro Castello , Leandro Juen , Fabrício B. Baccaro , Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira , Cássio Alencar Nunes , Rodrigo Oliveira , Eduardo M. Venticinque , Juliana Schietti , Joice Ferreira","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Brazilian Amazon is one of Earth’s most biodiverse and ecologically important regions. However, research investments for biodiversity in the biome are disproportionately low compared with other regions of Brazil. In 2022, the Amazon received 13% of master's, doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and hosted 11% of all researchers working in biodiversity postgraduate programs. Amazonian institutions received approximately 10% of all federal budget spent on grants and scholarships and about 23% of all resources destined to support long-term ecological sites. The cities of Manaus and Belém concentrate about 90% of all grants and scholarships available for the entire region. Despite per capita research investment in the Amazon being equal to or better than that available for the more economically developed regions of Brazil, the distribution of resources by area is highly unequal. Increasing research funding for the Amazon region requires differential input by federal agencies and more transnational collaborations and integration between Amazonian programs and international funds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000038/pdfft?md5=52d1608304afedcd2523577124a247ab&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000038-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139496094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tamilie Carvalho , Daniel Medina , Raoni Rebouças , C. Guilherme Becker , Luís Felipe Toledo
{"title":"Thermal mismatch explains fungal disease dynamics in Brazilian frogs","authors":"Tamilie Carvalho , Daniel Medina , Raoni Rebouças , C. Guilherme Becker , Luís Felipe Toledo","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Theory predicts that susceptibility to disease in ectothermic hosts increases as temperatures depart from host’s thermal optima, because pathogens have functionally broader thermal tolerance ranges and acclimate faster than hosts to shifts in temperature. Hence, hosts adapted to cooler and warmer climates should be at greater risk of infection under abnormally warm and cool conditions, respectively. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a chytrid fungus that affects amphibians worldwide. In Brazil's Atlantic Forest, Bd outbreaks have been linked to numerous declines in amphibian populations, particularly in cooler high elevation areas. Thus, we hypothesize that years with abnormally warm temperatures could shift the balance in favor of the pathogen, thereby driving the historical declines. We also hypothesize that warm-adapted amphibians from lowland sites could experience elevated Bd infection risk during abnormally cold years. To test whether thermal mismatch (elevation vs. temperature anomaly) drove shifts in Bd prevalence through time we compiled a comprehensive database spanning 50 years, gathered across an elevational gradient within the Atlantic Forest. In agreement with our predictions, cool-adapted hosts had higher Bd prevalence when temperatures were higher than historical averages. In parallel, Bd prevalence in warm-adapted hosts was higher in colder-than-average years, although frogs from higher elevations exhibited an overall higher risk of disease due to disproportionally high infection prevalence. Our study links the thermal mismatch hypothesis with historical shifts in Bd prevalence in Brazilian frogs, indicating that Bd infections, modulated by climate change, may continue to have a negative impact on Neotropical amphibians.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 72-78"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000014/pdfft?md5=6dd134e67f221f2cfebafe6c9941bd68&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000014-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139496125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho , Luis Mauricio Bini , Cintia Pelegrineti Targueta , Mariana Pires de Campos Telles , Lucas Jardim , Karine Borges Machado , João Carlos Nabout , Rhewter Nunes , Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira , Thannya Nascimento Soares
{"title":"Environmental DNA and biodiversity patterns: a call for a community phylogenetics approach","authors":"José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho , Luis Mauricio Bini , Cintia Pelegrineti Targueta , Mariana Pires de Campos Telles , Lucas Jardim , Karine Borges Machado , João Carlos Nabout , Rhewter Nunes , Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira , Thannya Nascimento Soares","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a relatively new technology allowing effective non-invasive analyses and monitoring of biodiversity patterns. Studies on eDNA metabarcoding focus on using sequence data to delimit basic units (i.e., such as Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units – MOTUS – or Amplicon Sequence Variation – ASVs), and after this definition standard analytical approaches from community ecology are applied. However, there is more information inherent to eDNA data and it is now straightforward to use more general approaches in which analyses are based directly on phylogenies or genetic distances between MOTUs or ASVs, rather than in discrete units without any accounting for hierarchical structure, providing a more continuum understanding of biodiversity patterns. Here we briefly review the concepts and methods to incorporate phylogenetic patterns into eDNA metabarcoding analyses, illustrating some of the main issues with eukaryote diversity data along the Araguaia River Basin. Hopefully this perspective stimulates researchers obtaining eDNA metabarcoding data to perform their data under the community phylogenetics framework instead of (or in addition to) the more standard community ecology approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000063/pdfft?md5=b942c94af9e3e6dde61962767a970a88&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000063-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139763097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana I. López-Flores , Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores , María del Coro Arizmendi , Víctor Rosas-Guerrero , R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez
{"title":"Shade coffee plantations favor specialization, decrease robustness and increase foraging in hummingbird-plant networks","authors":"Ana I. López-Flores , Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores , María del Coro Arizmendi , Víctor Rosas-Guerrero , R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Agroforestry systems, such as shade coffee plantations, favor the maintenance of woody vegetation, which promotes the presence of pollinators such as hummingbirds. Many shade coffee plantations in Mesoamerica have been abandoned due to the fall in coffee prices and undergone succession processes that increase vegetation complexity. Alternatively, they have been replaced by cattle pastures, which negatively affect hummingbird-plant interactions. Here, we describe the structure of hummingbird-plant interaction networks in three types of land use―late-successional forests, coffee plantations, and cattle pastures―that were derived from a cloud forest in southern Mexico. For one year (2019–2020), we collected bimonthly quantitative data on hummingbird-plant interactions for each type of land use. We found that the network of each land use had a heterogeneous structure, and most species had few linkages. The late forests and coffee plantations had more species, pairs of interactions, and modularity than the cattle pastures. The cattle pasture network had the greatest robustness due to the presence of generalist hummingbirds, which are important for network cohesion in a great disturbance scenario. Furthermore, hummingbird visits were influenced by plant traits, such as foliage height diversity. The study findings suggest that the conversion of natural habitats have implications for the conservation of plant-pollinator interactions and that generalist pollinator species are key to disturbance resiliency.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 24-34"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064423000718/pdfft?md5=60744ff5d19c5428c39183df7fd28d66&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064423000718-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135715678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michel E.D. Chaves , Guilherme Mataveli , Katyanne V. Conceição , Marcos Adami , Felipe G. Petrone , Ieda D. Sanches
{"title":"AMACRO: the newer Amazonia deforestation hotspot and a potential setback for Brazilian agriculture","authors":"Michel E.D. Chaves , Guilherme Mataveli , Katyanne V. Conceição , Marcos Adami , Felipe G. Petrone , Ieda D. Sanches","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Brazil can provide ecosystem services, food, and combat climate change-related vulnerabilities. However, this possibility is obliterated by the increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon derived from illegalities and political incentives to a business-as-usual economic development model that clears land for real estate speculation or extensive agro-livestock. Recently, the state governments of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia, supported by agro-livestock-related institutions, proposed a zone for economic development in a region of confluence accounting for 23.37% of these states’ total area. Formerly “Sustainable Development Zone between the States of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia” (AMACRO), it was renamed to “Abunã-Madeira Sustainable Development Zone (SDZ)” to meet sustainability criteria; however, environmental impact studies regarding its implementation still lack. By integrating land tenure and official deforestation datasets from 2012 to 2022, we assess whether this region is becoming a notable deforestation hotspot. Results showed growing deforestation trends for all land tenure classes, alarmingly in protected areas, since 2018, when the project was announced. Unlike possible economic gains, deforestation in this region affects essential edaphoclimatic conditions for Brazil’s agro-livestock, worsening environmental and socioeconomic vulnerabilities. Effective territorial planning, environmental impact studies, and law enforcement are urgently needed before establishing the zone to avoid a regional hecatomb.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 93-100"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000099/pdfft?md5=c237b4ed4a8ad7faff52bb92fbac1ed6&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000099-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139887775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Protected Areas network may be insufficient to protect bird diversity in a fragmented tropical hotspot under different climate scenarios","authors":"Vinicius Tonetti , Fernanda Bocalini , Fabio Schunck , Maurício Humberto Vancine , Mariella Butti , Milton Ribeiro , Marco Pizo","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We identified the 30% most-important forest remnants for conservation in the Atlantic Forest domain in South America based on three bird diversity components: (1) overall species potential distribution, (2) potential distribution of threatened species, and (3) diversity of functional traits. We evaluated the extent of overlap among priority areas using the different approaches and analysed the efficiency of the current Protected Areas network at protecting biodiversity in current and potential future (2040 and 2080) climate scenarios. The overlap among the most important areas is low among the different bird diversity components in all climate scenarios, and few changes were found in priority areas between the current and future scenario. The proportion of species that reached the minimum amount of their distribution areas protected varied from zero to 4% depending on the climate scenario and the species conservation status (threatened or not). Priority areas based on the potential distribution of threatened species were less correlated to areas based on the overall species potential distribution than to functional traits in all climate scenarios, suggesting that there might be considerable differences between species composition and their functionalities. Our analyses point out the main regions where resources should be allocated to conservation of birds in a mega-biodiversity region.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 63-71"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064423000780/pdfft?md5=a52ed1046b7dd14398833114b01fd922&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064423000780-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139068760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan D. Pereira , Nicole C. Iliuk , Karine L. Kuryluk , Juliano A. Bogoni
{"title":"Human density, development, and roads are the main drivers of carnivore presence in urban areas","authors":"Alan D. Pereira , Nicole C. Iliuk , Karine L. Kuryluk , Juliano A. Bogoni","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2023.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The crescent urbanization across the globe has widespread ecological consequences, affecting species distribution, demography and behaviour. In this study we aimed to identify, quantify, map and predict the occurrences of medium- to large-bodied (≥1 kg) mammal carnivorans across urban and peri-urban landscapes throughout Brazil. We use a news-based search to compose a dataset of occurrences across the Brazilian cities. Additionally, we gather various socio-environmental and geophysical variables from these urban areas to identify the drivers of carnivore presence across urban environments. Employing Kernel interpolation, we generate heatmaps to highlight and pinpoint regions in Brazil with the highest concentration of carnivorans species on urban areas. We also employed a Generalized Additive Models (GAM) approach to assess the predictive power of social-environmental and geophysical variables on the occurrence of carnivorans in urban landscapes of Brazil. Our findings pinpoint to an increase of potential human-wildlife conflicts likely given that the urban expansion over natural habitats had a rampant increase in the last decades. Finally, we highlight that our results can serve as a basis to improve urban planning and offer important insights into the intricate interplay of social and geophysical variables that influence the occurrences of carnivorans within urban environments in Brazil.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 55-62"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064423000779/pdfft?md5=4e0443abe5070878743d0eb8a48dcbe0&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064423000779-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139068762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hudson T. Pinheiro , Osmar J. Luiz , Luiz A. Rocha , Kirsten Wohak , Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho
{"title":"Beyond fear: a new paradigm to manage shark recovery in Brazilian marine protected areas","authors":"Hudson T. Pinheiro , Osmar J. Luiz , Luiz A. Rocha , Kirsten Wohak , Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho","doi":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Shark populations have declined worldwide, and conservation measures have been necessary for their recovery and maintenance in natural areas. Despite efforts to protect sharks in marine sanctuaries and managed areas, the apparent recovery of shark populations in Brazilian Marine Protected Areas has sparked controversy after two incidents involving shark bites. Shark culling has been proposed in one of the most iconic Marine National Parks, and scientific diving has been forbidden at a Marine Sanctuary where a long-term ecological program that lasted 10 years had to be halted. We herein argue for a science-based approach for shark management and conservation in Brazil, better connecting conservation goals with economic benefits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56034,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation","volume":"22 1","pages":"Pages 12-14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064424000075/pdfft?md5=b375b50c395bd8c6b0ee0f575731069f&pid=1-s2.0-S2530064424000075-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139891387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}