Introduction: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 32; no. 4b; pp. 786 - 792
• Main Authors: Morellato, L.P.C, Haddad, C.F.B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2000; Association for Tropical Biology
• Subjects: Atlantic Forest; biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; Brazil; Coastal forests; conservation; Environmental conservation; Forest conservation; Forest cover; Forest ecology; Forests; fragmentation; Montane forests; natural resource management; tropical forest; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Brazil

The year 2000 marks 500 years of massive destruction for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as a consequence of the European colonization of Brazil. Today, the Atlantic Forest is restricted to ca 98,800 km2of remnants, or 7.6 percent of its original extension. The Atlantic Forest continues to suffer und...