Journal article
The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. Anais, Vol.93(2), pp.1-19
2021
PMID: 33852672
Abstract
The Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) is an innovative program designed to integrate all biodiversity research stakeholders. Operating since 2004, it has installed long-term ecological research sites throughout Brazil and its logic has been applied in some other southern-hemisphere countries. The program supports all aspects of research necessary to understand biodiversity and the processes that affect it. There are presently 161 sampling sites (see some of them at Supplementary Appendix), most of which use a standardized methodology that allows comparisons across biomes and through time. To date, there are about 1200 publications associated with PPBio that cover topics ranging from natural history to genetics and species distributions. Most of the field data and metadata are available through PPBio web sites or DataONE. Metadata is available for researchers that intend to explore the different faces of Brazilian biodiversity spatio-temporal variation, as well as for managers intending to improve conservation strategies. The Program also fostered, directly and indirectly, local technical capacity building, and supported the training of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. The main challenge is maintaining the long-term funding necessary to understand biodiversity patterns and processes under pressure from global environmental changes.
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- Title
- The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation
- Authors
- Clarissa Rosa (Author) - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaFabricio Baccaro (Author) - Universidade Federal do AmazonasCecilia Cronemberger (Author) - Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeJuliana Hipólito (Author) - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaClaudia Franca Barros (Author) - Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroDomingos DE Jesus Rodrigues (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoSelvino Neckel-Oliveira (Author) - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaGerhard E Overbeck (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulElisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos (Author) - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaMarcelo Rodrigues Dos Anjos (Author) - Universidade Federal do AmazonasÁtilla C Ferreguetti (Author) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroAlberto Akama (Author) - Museu Paraense Emílio GoeldiMarlúcia Bonifácio Martins (Author) - Museu Paraense Emílio GoeldiWalfrido Moraes Tomas (Author) - Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationSandra Aparecida Santos (Author) - Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationVanda Lúcia Ferreira (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulCatia Nunes DA Cunha (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoJerry Penha (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoJoão Batista DE Pinho (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoCarolina Rodrigues DA Costa Doria (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaSuzana Maria Salis (Author) - Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationValério D Pillar (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulLuciana R Podgaiski (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulMarcelo Menin (Author) - Universidade Federal do AmazonasNarcísio Costa Bígio (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaSusan Aragón (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáAngelo Gilberto Manzatto (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaEduardo Vélez-Martin (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulAna Carolina Borges Lins E Silva (Author) - Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoThiago Junqueira Izzo (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoAmanda Frederico Mortati (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáLeandro Lacerda Giacomin (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáThaís Elias Almeida (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáThiago André (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáMaria Aurea Pinheiro DE Almeida Silveira (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaAntônio Laffayete Pires DA Silveira (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaMariluce Rezende Messias (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaMarcia C M Marques (Author) - Universidade Estadual do ParanáAndre Andrian Padial (Author) - Universidade Estadual do ParanáYouszef O C Bitar (Author) - Universidade do Estado do ParáRenato Marques (Author) - Universidade Estadual do ParanáMarcos Silveira (Author) - Universidade Federal do AcreElder Ferreira Morato (Author) - Universidade Federal do AcreRubiani DE Cássia Pagotto (Author) - Universidade Federal de RondôniaChristine Strussmann (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoRicardo Bomfim Machado (Author) - Universidade de BrasíliaLudmilla Moura DE Souza Aguiar (Author) - Universidade de BrasíliaGeraldo Wilson Fernandes (Author) - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisYumi Oki (Author) - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisSamuel Novais (Author) - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisGuilherme Braga Ferreira (Author) - University College LondonFlávia Rodrigues Barbosa (Author) - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoAna C Ochoa (Author) - National University of San LuisAntonio M Mangione (Author) - National University of San LuisAilin Gatica (Author) - National University of San LuisMaría Celina Carrizo (Author) - National University of Mar del PlataLucía Martinez Retta (Author) - National University of San LuisLaura E Jofré (Author) - National University of San LuisLuciana L Castillo (Author) - National University of San LuisCarla Rueda (Author) - National University of Santiago del EsteroAndrea M Neme (Author) - National University of Santiago del EsteroJosé Julio DE Toledo (Author) - Universidade Federal do AmapáCarlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroMariana M Vale (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroMarcus Vinicius Vieira (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRui Cerqueira (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroEmílio Manabu Higashikawa (Author) - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da AmazôniaFernando Pereira DE Mendonça (Author) - Instituto Federal do AmazonasQuêzia Leandro DE Moura Guerreiro (Author) - Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáAureo Banhos (Author) - Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoJean-Marc Hero (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringRodrigo Koblitz (Author) - Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural ResourcesRosane Garcia Collevatti (Author) - Universidade Federal de GoiásLuís Fábio Silveira (Author) - Universidade de São PauloHeraldo L Vasconcelos (Author) - Universidade Federal de UberlândiaCecília Rodrigues Vieira (Author) - Utah State UniversityGuarino Rinaldi Colli (Author) - Universidade de BrasíliaSonia Zanini Cechin (Author) - Universidade Federal de Santa MariaTiago Gomes Dos Santos (Author) - Universidade Federal do PampaCarla S Fontana (Author) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulJoão A Jarenkow (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulLuiz R Malabarba (Author) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulMarta P Rueda (Author) - National University of Santiago del EsteroPublio A Araujo (Author) - National University of Santiago del EsteroLucas Palomo (Author) - Unión de Pequeños Productores del Salado Norte (UPPSAN), Santos Lugares, Ruta Provincial n° 2, s/n, 4203, Alberdi, Santiago del Estero, ArgentinaMarta C Iturre (Author) - National University of Santiago del EsteroHelena Godoy Bergallo (Author) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroWilliam E Magnusson (Author) - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
- Publication details
- Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. Anais, Vol.93(2), pp.1-19
- Publisher
- Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.1590/0001-3765202120201604
- ISSN
- 1678-2690
- PMID
- 33852672
- Copyright note
- This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99523107902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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