Spatial Analysis of Federal Protected Areas and Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Brazil
- 1 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- 2 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- 3 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- 4 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- 5 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- 6 Department of Geography, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Abstract
This study presents a spatial analysis of priority areas for biodiversity conservation (PABCs) in Brazil and their coverage by federal protected areas as an indicator of the level of protection afforded to biodiversity in the country and the convergence of environmental protection policies in the sphere of federal government. Georeferenced data were processed using a geographic information system, enabling the calculation of areas, analyses of superimpositions, localizations, and the obtainment of other information using spatial features manipulated in this system. A comparative analysis is done of the PABCs mapped in two periods (2003 and 2007) to ascertain the evolution of this public policy instrument in detecting environmental priorities in protected areas. The improved coverage of PABCs by protected areas in the more recent mapping indicates a good convergence of environmental policies, which are enhanced by technical improvements to mapping procedures and methods for identifying such areas. As a result, the priority areas for biodiversity conservation could become a protected area regulated and recognized by the federal government.
- Cardoso, F.H. and De Lemos, H.M. Primeiro Relatório Nacional para a Convencao sobre Diversidade Biológica.
- Myers, N., et al. (2000) Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Priorities. Nature, 403.
- Borges, C., Pereira, L., Pereira, A.A., Col, B. and Ambiental, D. (2009) Evolution of the Environmental Legislation in Brazil. Revista em Agronegócios e Meio Ambiente, 2, 447-466.
- Medeiros, R. (2006) Desafios à gestao sustentável da biodiversidade no Brasil Challenge for thesustainable management ofbiodiversity in Brazil. Floresta e Ambiente, 13, 1-10.
- Brasil, M.doM.A.do A Convencao sobre Diversidade Biológica - CDB. In: Decreto Legislativo, No. 2, de 5 de junho de 1992, 32.
- Medeirosand, R. and Young, C.E.F. (2011) Contribuicao das unidades de conservacao brasileiras para a economia nacional: Relatório Final. 121.
- Prates, A.P.L. and Irving, M.deA. (2015) Conservacao da biodiversidade e políticas públicas para as áreas protegidas no Brasil: Desafios e tendências da origem da CDB às metas de Aichi. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas, Brasília, 5, 27-57.
- Conservacao da biodiversidade: Legislacao e políticas públicas/Roseli Senna Ganem (org.), Brasília: Camara dos Deputados, Edicoes Camara, 2010. 437 p. (Série memória e análise de leis; n. 2).
- Chávez González, H., González Guillén, M.deJ. and Hernández de la Rosa, P. (2015) Metodologías para identificar áreas prioritarias para conservación de ecosistemasnaturales. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 6, 8-23.
- MMA (2007) áreas Prioritárias para a Conservacao, Uso Sustentável e Reparticao de Benefícios da Biodiversidade Brasileira: Atualizacao - Portaria MMA, No. 9, de 23 de janeiro de 2007.
- HENRY-SILVA (2005) A importancia das unidades de conservacao na. 127-151.
- Oliveira, A.P.G., Mioto, C.L., Paranhos Filho, A.C., Gamarra, R.M., Ribeiro, A.A. and Melotto, A.M. (2015) Uso de geotecnologias para o estabelecimento de áreas para corredores de biodiversidade. Revista árvore, 39, 595-602.
- Rajabifard, A., Binns, A., Williamson, I., Fellow, R. and Platform, E. (2005) Creating an Enabling Platform for the Delivery of Spatial Information.
- Maracchi, G., Pérarnaud, V. and Kleschenko, A. (2000) Applications of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing in Agrometeorology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 103, 119-136.