Science in support of Amazonian conservation in the 21st century the case of Brazil

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 850 - 858
• Main Authors: Simmons, Cynthia S., Famolare, Lisa, Macedo, Marcia N., Walker, Robert T., Coe, Michael T., Scheffers, Brett, Arima, Eugenio, Munoz-Carpena, Rafael, Valle, Denis, Fraisse, Clyde, Moorcroft, Paul, Diniz, Marcelo, Diniz, Marcia, Szlafsztein, Claudio, Pereira, Ritaumaria, Ruiz, Cesar, Rocha, Gilberto, Juhn, Daniel, do Canto Lopes, Luis Otávio, Waylen, Michael, Antunes, Aghane, Galvan, Yankuic M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley 01.11.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 21st century; Amazon Basin; biodiversity conservation; climate change; Collaboration; COMMENTARY; Computer simulation; Conservation; Decision analysis; Decision making; deforestation; economic globalization; Impact prediction; industrialization and agricultural development; Initiative to Integrate the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA); Refugia; Brazil
• ISSN: 0006-3606; 1744-7429
• DOI: 10.1111/btp.12610

This article presents a 21st Century agenda for Amazonian conservation. The agenda calls for developing a system of refugia and a scientific methodology for predicting impacts of the infrastructure development vision for the region. It also calls for a collaborative approach to conservation planning, in the interest of fruitful engagement with decision-makers and stakeholders. The ideas explored here emerged from the collaboration of peers over a decade, which culminated in a panel presentation, Scientific Analysis, and Simulation Models to Support Conservation and Development Decision-Making, at the Tools and Strategies Workshop held at the University of Florida in October, 2017.