Biodiversity data and papers production as a support to conserve Atlantic Forest areas in Brazil

Felipe de Araújo Sobrinho

Alexandre Gabriel Christo &

Rejan R. Guedes-Bruni

(Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro)

2º. Meeting of the International Research Programme Validity of Scientific Knowledge and public policies

18-19 jun 2007

Atlantic Rain Forest: actual coverture in Rio de Janeiro state

Macaé de Cima Ecological Reserve: scientific basis

• Macaé de Cima Ecological Reserve • Area: 7.000 ha• Criation: Municipal Decrete nº 156, on

january 3, 1990.• Basis:

– Occurrence of 883 angiosperm’ species

• 17 new, described to science • 32 identified as local endemics

– Representative area of Serra do Mar, with well conservated forest

– High level of species colected only in the sec. XIX by Glaziou

– Forest occurrence in a very important hidric resource in the regional area

Macaé de Cima Conservation Process: Histórico preliminar

Macaé de Cima Environmental Protected Area

Area: 35.037 ha

Criation: State Decret nº 29.213, on september 9, 2001

Consultiv Council : stabilished by State Decret 38.234 on september 16, 2005

Administration: FEEMA until march 3, 2007 when by Resolution of State Environment Secretary, is atributed to State Florestal Institut (IEF)

Fundamentação: ?

Macaé de Cima Conservation Process: preliminary report

Ambiental Protected Area of Macaé de Cima

Area: 35.037 ha

Criation: State Decret nº 29.213, on september 9, 2001

Consultiv Council : stabilished by State Decret 38.234 in september 16, 2005

Administration: FEEMA until march 3, 2007 when by Resolution of State Environment Secretary, is atributed to State Florestal Institut (IEF)

Fundamentação: ?

Macaé de Cima Conservation: preliminary historic

Três Picos Stadual ParkArea: 46.350 ha.Foundation: State Decret no. 31.343, on june 5, 2002 Basis:

• To assure the remains forest preservation of Serra do Mar’s Atlantic Rain Forest and also to restore degradeted areas;• To preserve rare species, endemics and in dangerous of extinction or insufficiently known of fauna and flora • To join the Serra do Mar’s Ecologic Central Corridor;• To assure the maintenance of nascents and hidric resources that provide the cities around the areas;• To stimulate recreation activities, environmental education and scientific research when compatible with the Park’s objectives.

Brazilian scientific production in Atlantic Rain Forest in the last 10 years (on line journals)

Ethnobotany17%

Forest Ecology58%

Environmental Conservation

15%

Forest Management

10%

• Acta bot. bras.• Ambiente & Sociedade• Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências• Biodiversity and Conservation• Conservation Biology• Conservation International• Economic Botany• Environment, Development and Sustainability• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment• Fitoterapia• Forest Ecology and Management• História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos• Horizontes Antropológicos• Human Ecology• Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine• Nature• New Forests• Plant Ecology• R. Árvore• Rev. Brasil. Biol.• Revista Brasil. Bot.• Revista Cerne• Revista de Antropologia• Rodriguésia• Scientia Florestalis

n = 157period = 1997 to 2007

N= 157

Period= 1997 to 2007

Biodiversity data as a support to protect Atlantic Forest in Brazil: preliminary comments

• Papers published during 80’ years about Atlantic Forest ecology was rare, in spite the most important brazilian scientific institutions and universities be happened in it’s ocurrence area;

• During the 90’ years the scientific publications had a great

jump but the functionality of the forests only begins to be studied in the end of the decade;

• Data from biological collections, deposited in Museums and herbaria, with the specialist’s knowledge, have supported this

conservation process;

• Workshops’ promoted during 90’ years, mainly for Conservation International of Brazil, gathered the most active researchers in flora and fauna. The data inventoried by them stablished the criteria to define priority areas for conservation.