Valter M Azevedo-Santos, Philip M Fearnside, Marlene S Arcifa, Lívia H Tonella, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Fernando M Pelicice, Angelo A Agostinho, Anne E Magurran, N LeRoy Poff
Brazil is among the main contributors to global biodiversity, which, in turn, provides extensive ecosystem services. Agriculture is an activity that benefits greatly from these ecosystem services, but at the same time is degrading aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and eroding Brazilian biodiversity. This conflict is growing, as emerging unsustainable legislative proposals that will benefit the agricultural sector are likely to accelerate the decline of biodiversity. One such initiative (Bill 1282/2019) would change Brazil's "Forest Code" (Law 12,651/2012) to facilitate construction of irrigation dams in Permanent Preservation Areas, a category that includes strips (with or without vegetation) along the edges of watercourses...
February 29, 2024: Environmental Management