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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

, volume 16 , issue 4 , pages 208-214

From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

C L Rezende ^{1, 2}

Fabio R. Scarano ^{1, 2}

E. D. Assad ³

Carlos Joly ⁴

Jean Metzger ⁵

Bernardo B N Strassburg ⁶

Marcelo Tabarelli ⁷

G A Fonseca ⁸

R A Mittermeier ¹

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Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Ecology, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, National Centre for Technological Research in Informatics for Agriculture, Campinas, SP, Brazil |

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State University of Campinas Department of Plant Biology Campinas SP Brazil |

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University of São Paulo, Department of Ecology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil |

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International Institute for Sustainability Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil |

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Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Botany, Recife, PE, Brazil |

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Global Environment Facility Washington DC USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2018-10-22

Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

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ISSN: 25300644

DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002

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Ecology

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Nature and Landscape Conservation

Abstract

New remote sensing data on vegetation cover and restoration opportunities bring hope to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one of the hottest of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots. Available estimates of remaining vegetation cover in the biome currently range from 11% to 16%. However, our new land-cover map, prepared at the highest resolution ever (5 m), reveals a current vegetation cover of 28%, or 32 million hectares (Mha) of native vegetation. Simultaneously, we found 7.2 Mha of degraded riparian areas, of which 5.2 Mha at least must be restored before 2038 by landowners for legislation compliance. Restoring the existing legal debt could increase native vegetation cover in the Atlantic Forest up to 35%. Such effort, if well planned and implemented, could reduce extinction processes by increasing connectivity of vegetation remnants and rising total native cover to above the critical biodiversity threshold established for different taxonomic groups. If undertaken, this process can be adaptive to climate change and boost sustainable development in this most populous biome in Brazil, turning it into a hopespot.

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Rezende C. L. et al. From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest // Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2018. Vol. 16. No. 4. pp. 208-214.

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Rezende C. L., Scarano F. R., Assad E. D., Joly C., Metzger J., Strassburg B. B. N., Tabarelli M., Fonseca G. A., Mittermeier R. A. From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest // Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2018. Vol. 16. No. 4. pp. 208-214.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002

TI - From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

T2 - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

AU - Rezende, C L

AU - Scarano, Fabio R.

AU - Assad, E. D.

AU - Joly, Carlos

AU - Metzger, Jean

AU - Strassburg, Bernardo B N

AU - Tabarelli, Marcelo

AU - Fonseca, G A

AU - Mittermeier, R A

PY - 2018

DA - 2018/10/22

PB - Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation

SP - 208-214

IS - 4

VL - 16

SN - 2530-0644

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@article{2018_Rezende,

author = {C L Rezende and Fabio R. Scarano and E. D. Assad and Carlos Joly and Jean Metzger and Bernardo B N Strassburg and Marcelo Tabarelli and G A Fonseca and R A Mittermeier},

title = {From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest},

journal = {Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation},

year = {2018},

volume = {16},

publisher = {Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation},

month = {oct},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002},

number = {4},

pages = {208--214},

doi = {10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002}

}

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Rezende, C. L., et al. “From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.” Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, vol. 16, no. 4, Oct. 2018, pp. 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2018.10.002.

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Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation

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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

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25300644 (Print)