Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions
Pond systems perform a myriad of ecosystem services and make unique contributions to aquatic biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale. Despite their high conservation value, in Brazil, natural ponds have been lost and degraded at alarming rates. The remaining have become exceptionally vulner...
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doaj-d856253de8fb4995ba84af6b38b523122020-12-31T04:43:33ZengElsevierPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation2530-06442018-10-01164234237Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functionsDaniel Grasel0Roger Paulo Mormul1Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli2Sidinei Magela Thomaz3João André Jarenkow4Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91501-970, Bloco IV, Prédio 43.433, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Corresponding author.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco H-90, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, BrazilDepartamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CEP 21941-902, Bloco A, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco H-90, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, BrazilPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91501-970, Bloco IV, Prédio 43.433, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91501-970, Bloco IV, Prédio 43.433, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilPond systems perform a myriad of ecosystem services and make unique contributions to aquatic biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale. Despite their high conservation value, in Brazil, natural ponds have been lost and degraded at alarming rates. The remaining have become exceptionally vulnerable after the enactment of the recent Native Vegetation Protection Law (NVPL), whose unsustainable policies threatens to collapse these ecosystems. Although in force since 2012, the regulation of the NVPL is still in course at the state level, offering a unique opportunity to reduce the gap between science and policy. Here, we show why the NVPL threatens ponds and how its inadequacies can be overcome. Finally, we emphasize the need to create a national policy specifically focusing on wetland conservation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064418300683BiodiversityEcosystem servicesUpland-embedded wetlandsConservationEnvironmental legislationUnsustainable policies |
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Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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Brazil's Native Vegetation Protection Law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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brazil's native vegetation protection law threatens to collapse pond functions |
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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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2530-0644 |
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2018-10-01 |
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Pond systems perform a myriad of ecosystem services and make unique contributions to aquatic biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale. Despite their high conservation value, in Brazil, natural ponds have been lost and degraded at alarming rates. The remaining have become exceptionally vulnerable after the enactment of the recent Native Vegetation Protection Law (NVPL), whose unsustainable policies threatens to collapse these ecosystems. Although in force since 2012, the regulation of the NVPL is still in course at the state level, offering a unique opportunity to reduce the gap between science and policy. Here, we show why the NVPL threatens ponds and how its inadequacies can be overcome. Finally, we emphasize the need to create a national policy specifically focusing on wetland conservation. |
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Biodiversity Ecosystem services Upland-embedded wetlands Conservation Environmental legislation Unsustainable policies |
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