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Conservation Initiatives in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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The Atlantic Forest

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With a wide distribution across eastern South America, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a mosaic of lowland and montane vegetation types, such as evergreen forest, semideciduous and deciduous forest, mixed forest (e.g., Araucaria), mangroves, and restingas. It has long been recognized as having one of the most diversified biotas on the planet, with high levels of endemism of plants and animals. Due to its location, European colonization and exploration began six centuries ago in the coastal areas, spreading to the interior and increasing over the last 70 years. In response to long-standing deforestation, many conservation actions have been planned and performed by federal and state governments, NGOs, and universities. Here, we compiled some of these initiatives, showing the conservationists’ goals and multi-institutional actions to save species and ecosystems across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Furthermore, we confirmed here that with a dialogue among government, NGOs, and universities, it is possible to design and perform actions to the conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

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Acknowledgments

This study was developed in the context of the Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia – Ecologia, Evolução e Conservação da Biodiversidade (MCTIC/CNPq/FAPEG/465610/2014-5) – and had the support of PPBio/CNPq/MCTIC, CNPq, and FAPERJ. The project priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest was developed within the Project Biodiversity and Climate Change in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. The project is conducted by the Brazilian Government, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment (MMA), in the context of the Cooperation for Sustainable Development Brazil-Germany, as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany. The project counts on the technical support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the financial support of Germany’s KfW Bank for Development.

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  1. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Carlos E. V. Grelle, Fernando A. S. Fernandez, Marcelo L. Rheingantz & Marcus Vinicius Vieira

  2. Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Adriana Panhol Bayma, Luciane Rodrigues Lourenço Paixão, Mariana Egler & Mateus Motter Dala Senta

  3. IPÊ – Ecological Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Clinton N. Jenkins, Alexandre Uezu, Angela Pellin, Alexandre Camargo Martensen, Henrique Shirai, Neluce Soares & Fernando Lima

  4. Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Alexandre Camargo Martensen

  5. Brazilian National Centre for Flora Conservation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Eduardo Fernandez, Nina Pougy & Gustavo Martinelli

  6. Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Gustavo Martinelli

  7. BVRio Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Carlos Alberto Mesquita

  8. SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Mario Mantovani

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  1. Department of Botany, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Marcia C. M. Marques

  2. Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Carlos E. V. Grelle

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Grelle, C.E.V. et al. (2021). Conservation Initiatives in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In: Marques, M.C.M., Grelle, C.E.V. (eds) The Atlantic Forest. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55322-7_20

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