Introduction: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest1

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 32; no. 4b; pp. 786 - 792
• Main Authors: Morellato, L. Patricia C., Haddad, Célio F. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2000
• Subjects: Atlantic Forest; biodiversity; Brazil; conservation; fragmentation; tropical forest

ABSTRACT 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 km2 of remnants, or 7.6 percent of its original extension. The Atlantic Forest continues to...