Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes: the Importance of the Matrix

Tavares, Patrícia Dias; Uzêda, Mariella Camardelli; Pires, Alexandra dos Santos

doi:10.1590/2179-8087.066417

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“…As demonstrated for a variety of environmental situation, the spread of forest areas and the consequent landscape homogenization can lead to a decrease of microhabitats variety, also represented by dry-stone walls network and, therefore, to a decrease of biodiversity [45][46][47].…”

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Forest Area Changes in Cinque Terre National Park in the Last 80 Years. Consequences on Landslides and Forest Fire Risks

Santoro

Venturi

Piras

et al. 2021

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Cinque Terre, one of the most important Italian cultural landscapes, has not been spared from depopulation and agricultural abandonment processes, that involved many rural areas in Europe, as a consequence of socio-economic transformations that occurred after WWII. Depopulation of rural areas, especially in mountains or in terraced areas, caused significant environmental consequences, such as the decrease of biodiversity, the landscape homogenization, the increase of hydrogeological and forest fires risks. Cinque Terre National Park (5TNP) was established in 1999, and, differently from other Italian National Parks, not just for protecting natural habitats, but mainly to preserve, restore and valorize the historical terraced landscape. Moreover, the area is a UNESCO cultural landscape site and it is partly protected by three Sites of Community Importance. The research intended to investigate the transformations that have affected forested areas inside the 5TNP in the period 1936–2018, also highlighting the connections with hydrogeological and forest fires risks, as a support for the Park planning strategies and the conservation of the UNESCO site. Results highlighted that 37% of the current forests are the consequence of dry stones terraces abandonment that occurred in the twentieth century, with negative effects on the stability of steep slopes, hydrogeological risk, forest fires and on the conservation of a unique cultural landscape. This confirms the current national trend showing no deforestation occurring, but rather a continuous increase of forests on abandoned land. While 5TNP policies and actions are effectively aimed at pursuing an equilibrium between cultivated areas and forests, the Sites of Community Importance located inside the Park mainly focuses on the conservation of “natural habitats”, even if the current vegetation is also the result of secondary successions on former cultivated land. The research highlighted the need to valorize “cultural values” in forest planning as well as the importance of forest history for an accurate planning of forest resources in protected areas.

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Forest Area Changes in Cinque Terre National Park in the Last 80 Years. Consequences on Landslides and Forest Fire Risks

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Venturi

Piras

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“…can be excellent nectar sources to attract pollinators. Introduction of butterfly attracting plants into agroecosystems offers additional benefits of indirectly increasing landscape heterogeneity, overall crop-pollinator interactions, and the number of natural enemies to agricultural pests [ 157 , 158 ].…”

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Butterfly Conservation in China: From Science to Action

Wang

Suman

Zhang

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About 10% of the Earth’s butterfly species inhabit the highly diverse ecosystems of China. Important for the ecological, economic, and cultural services they provide, many butterfly species experience threats from land use shifts and climate change. China has recently adopted policies to protect the nation’s biodiversity resources. This essay examines the current management of butterflies in China and suggests various easily implementable actions that could improve these conservation efforts. Our recommendations are based on the observations of a transdisciplinary group of entomologists and environmental policy specialists. Our analysis draws on other successful examples around the world that China may wish to consider. China needs to modify its scientific methodologies behind butterfly conservation management: revising the criteria for listing protected species, focusing on umbrella species for broader protection, identifying high priority areas and refugia for conservation, among others. Rural and urban land uses that provide heterogeneous habitats, as well as butterfly host and nectar plants, must be promoted. Butterfly ranching and farming may also provide opportunities for sustainable community development. Many possibilities exist for incorporating observations of citizen scientists into butterfly data collection at broad spatial and temporal scales. Our recommendations further the ten Priority Areas of China’s National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011–2030).

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“…Island environments have long instigated biogeographic investigations (e.g., MacArthur & Wilson 1967, Whittaker 1998. As islands vary in shape, size, spatial arrangement, geology, environments and biotic characteristics, investigations conducted on islands contribute to the understanding of fragmented continental landscapes (Tavares et al 2019;Pessoa & Araujo 2020), interpreted as habitat islands (Whittaker 1998). On the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro, especially between the municipalities of Mangaratiba and Paraty, studies carried out both in continental areas (Marques et al 1997, Maurenza et al 2018 and in islanders (e.g., Callado et al 2009) have shown relevance as sources of biological information, especially in relation to biodiversity conservation in fragmented areas (Carvalho et al 2007).…”

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Tree species composition in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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In the present study a specific and comprehensive analysis of the arboreal flora of Ilha Grande, located in the municipality of Angra dos Reis, on the southern coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is presented. Unpublished data and contributions from studies already carried out at the site that investigated issues related to the composition and richness of tree species, the degree of threat, endemism and the history of occupation and/or changes in land use were gathered and analyzed. This study is part of the PPBio Mata Atlântica – Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade (Biodiversity Research Program) which, through phytosociological inventories of the tree component, has been contributing, since 2010, to the increase in the floristic knowledge of Ilha Grande. The inventory identified 509 tree species, belonging to 220 genera and 74 families. Of these, 34 species were categorized as threatened, two of which are critically endangered, 18 are endangered and 14 are vulnerable. 53 exotic tree species were indicated. The results presented here reinforce the importance of these inventories as indispensable tools for the construction of strategies and actions for conservation, restoration and management of diversity in the context of the Atlantic Forest.

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Biodiversity Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes: the Importance of the Matrix

Cited by 14 publications

References 95 publications

Forest Area Changes in Cinque Terre National Park in the Last 80 Years. Consequences on Landslides and Forest Fire Risks

Forest Area Changes in Cinque Terre National Park in the Last 80 Years. Consequences on Landslides and Forest Fire Risks

Butterfly Conservation in China: From Science to Action

Tree species composition in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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