@InProceedings{ThompsonFABBBFFGGOLLLNMNPSV:2016:PrFoPr,
author = "Thompson, Jim and Ferreira, Joice and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo
Oliveira e Cruz de and Barlow, Jos and Berenguer, Erica and
Brancallion, Pedro and Ferraz, Silvio and Fonseca, Thiago and
Gardner, Toby and Garrett, Rachel and Oliveira, Victor Hugo
Fonseca and Lees, Alexander and Lennox, Gareth and Louzada, Julio
and Nally, Ralph Mac and Moura, Nargila and Nunes, Samia and
Parry, Luke and Solar, Ricardo and Vieira, Ima",
affiliation = "{The University of Canberra} and {Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa
Agropecu{\'a}ria (EMBRAPA)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and Lancaster and Lancaster and {Universidade de
S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)}
and {Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)} and SEI and {Boston
University} and {Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)} and
{Cornell University} and Lancaster and {Universidade Federal de
Lavras (UFLA)} and {The University of Canberra} and {Museu
Paraense Emilio Goeldi} and Imazon and Lancaster and {Universidade
Federal de Vi{\c{c}}osa (UFV)} and {Museu Paraense Emilio
Goeldi}",
title = "Prioritizing forest protection, reforestation, and avoided
disturbance in the eastern Amazon",
year = "2016",
organization = "Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and
Conservation, 53.",
abstract = "Maintaining and restoring critical ecosystem processes and
ensuring the persistence of native biodiversity in human modified
landscapes will require a combination of habitat protection,
restoration and rehabilitation. But how should limited resources
be allocated to these different conservation activities to achieve
the best ecological outcomes at regional scales, while minimizing
economic and social costs? Here we address the problem of
strategic landscape planning in multiple-use mosaic landscapes of
the eastern Amazon. We explore trade-offs among protecting
relatively undisturbed primary forest, avoiding degradation and
restoring degraded primary forest, and rehabilitating forest
through passive reforestation and protection of secondary forests.
Extensive survey data on bird, invertebrate and tree biodiversity
were linked with remote sensing data to model species
distributions and biodiversity patterns as well as estimates of
above-ground carbon stocks in a range of land-use types and forest
conditions. Validated models were used to map habitat values
across two municipalities in the eastern Amazon under current and
possible future management scenarios The resulting maps were used
to explore trade-offs among management actions and to identify
priority areas for habitat protection, rehabilitation and
restoration, using conservation planning software Zonation. These
prioritization analyses identified the most cost-effective balance
and spatial configuration of forest protection, restoration and
rehabilitation, while accounting for connectivity requirements,
relative costs, risks of fire and logging, environmental
regulations, and uncertainty in species distributions and other
inputs. We find that where restoration imposes significant
opportunity and implementation costs efforts to avoid and reverse
the degradation of standing forests can deliver greater returns on
investment for biodiversity conservation, especially in
human-modified landscapes that now dominate so much of the
tropics. Systemic planning of management options at regional
scales can substantially improve expected biodiversity outcomes
while minimizing costs and risks, and provide valuable information
for regulators, conservation practitioners and landowners in this
biologically unique region.",
conference-location = "Le Corum",
conference-year = "19-23 June",
language = "en",
targetfile = "thompson_prioritizing.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "28 abr. 2024"
}