Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the campo rupestre : a road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot.

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Garcia, Lucas Arantes, Silva Júnior, Milton Barbosa da, Barbosa, Newton Pimentel de Ulhôa, Batista, Eugênia Kelly Luciano, Silva, Wallace Beiroz Imbrosio da, Resende, Fernando de Moura, Abrahão, Anna, Almada, Emmanuel Duarte, Alves, Elaine, Alves, Natacha Jordania da Silva, Angrisano, Patrícia, Arista, Montserrat, Arroyo, Juan, Arruda, André Jardim, Bahia, Thaíse de Oliveira, Braga, Laura, Brito, Lilian de Almeida, Pereira, Marcos Callisto de Faria, Paiva, Dario Caminha, Carvalho, Marilia, Conceição, Abel Augusto, Costa, Lêda Naiara Pereira, Cruz, Antônio Jorge do Rosário, Blum, Jessica Cunha, Dagevos, John, Dias, Braulio Ferreira de Souza, Pinto, Victor Diniz, Dirzo, Rodolfo, Domingos, Daniel Quedes, Andrade, Livia Echternacht, Fernandes, Stephannie, Figueira, José Eugênio Côrtes, Fiorini, Cecília Fonseca, Giulietti, Ana Maria, Gomes, Augusto, Gomes, Vanessa Matos, Gontijo, Bernardo Machado, Goulart, Fernando Figueiredo, Guerra, Tadeu José de Abreu, Junqueira, Patrícia A., Santos, Débora Lima, Nascimento, Julia Marques, Meira Neto, João Augusto Alves, Miola, Deise T. B., Morellato, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira, Negreiros, Daniel, Paula, Elizabeth Neire da Silva Oliveira de, Neves, Ana Carolina, Neves, Frederico de Siqueira, Novais, Samuel Matos Antunes de, Oki, Yumi, Oliveira, Elizabeth, Oliveira, Rafael Silva, Pivari, Marco Otávio Dias, Pontes Junior, Euripedes, Ranieri, Bernardo Dourado, Ribas, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Scariot, Aldicir Osni, Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud, Sena, Letícia, Silva, Pedro Giovâni da, Siqueira, Paulo Ricardo, Soares, Natalia Costa, Soares Filho, Britaldo Silveira, Solar, Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Vasconcellos, Rogério Pinto, Vilela, Evaldo Ferreira, Silveira, Fernando Augusto de Oliveira e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFOP
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/13746; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2020.10.004
• topic: Biodiversity conservation; Bioeconomy; Global change; Mountain ecology; Policy

Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate regulation. The undeniable importance of conserving tropical forests has drawn most of the conservation spotlight towards it. However, open ecosystems such as the Brazilian Campo Rupestre (rupestrian grassland), have been historically overlooked despite their high diversity and key associated ecosystem services. We highlight major current threats to the persistence of the Campo Rupestre emphasizing its ecological, social, cultural, geoenvironmental, and economic importance. We call attention to the importance of the Campo Rupestre as a reservoir of biodiversity and ecosystem services and offer priority actions that resulted from discussions involving scientists, industry representatives, environmental managers, and other members of civil society. Proposed actions include efforts related to ecological restoration, sustainable ecotourism, protection of traditional ecological knowledge, identification of emerging research questions, and development of tailored public policies. Such issues are integrated into a framework that collectively represents a road map to safeguard the Campo Rupestre from further degradation and steer its historical overexploitation towards sustainable management. Safeguarding the future of non-forest biomes like this poses a challenge to current paradigms of nature conservation. By establishing priorities and guidelines, we propose an actionable plan, which we hope can support informed decision-making policy towards a sustainable use of the Campo Rupestre.