AUTHOR=Magnusson William E. , Grelle Carlos E. V. , Marques Márcia C. M. , Rocha Carlos F. D. , Dias Braulio , Fontana Carla S. , Bergallo Helena , Overbeck Gerhard E. , Vale Mariana M. , Tomas Walfrido M. , Cerqueira Rui , Collevatti Rosane , Pillar Valério D. , Malabarba Luiz R. , Lins-e-Silva Ana Carolina , Neckel-Oliveira Selvino , Martinelli Bruno , Akama Alberto , Rodrigues Domingos , Silveira Luis F. , Scariot Aldicir , Fernandes Geraldo W. 

TITLE=Effects of Brazil's Political Crisis on the Science Needed for Biodiversity Conservation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

VOLUME=Volume 6 - 2018

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00163

DOI=10.3389/fevo.2018.00163

ISSN=2296-701X

ABSTRACT=The effects of Brazil´s political crisis on biodiversity conservation are likely to be global. Brazil is not only the World´s most biodiverse nation, it is responsible for the greater part of the Amazon forest, which regulates the climate and provides rain to much of southern South America. Brazil was a World leader in satellite monitoring of land-use change, in-situ biodiversity monitoring, reduction in tropical-forest deforestation, protection of indigenous lands, and a model for other developing nations. Coordinated public responses will be necessary to prevent special-interest groups from using the political crisis to weaken environmental legislation and law enforcement.