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The review of the Brazilian Forest Act: harmful effects on amphibian conservation |
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Luís Felipe Toledo ![]() Universidade Estadual de Campinas Museu de Zoologia "Prof. Adão José Cardoso", Instituto de Biologia, 13083-863, Campinas, São Paulo, Caixa Postal 6109 email: toledolf2@yahoo.com Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva ![]() Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Caixa Postal 68044, CEP 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil Celso Sánchez ![]() Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO Departamento de Didática, Escola de Educação Marina Amado de Almeida ![]() Rua Alves Guimarães, 1354, apt. 71, CEP 05410-002, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, Brasil Célio F. B. Haddad ![]() Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-970, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil keywords Conservation, Threats, Law, Amphibians, Brazil publication date: 15-10-2010 ![]() |
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![]() Abstract In the last months there is a growing discussion in Brazil about a new Brazilian Forest Act (Código Florestal). This new proposal, in substitution to the current Act, includes modifications which will affect negatively natural populations of amphibians. Besides the deleterious impacts upon amphibians, it will also harm the national and international human populations. Among the possible effects, in consequence of the associate amphibian population declines or complete loss, we cite the increase of agricultural production costs, loss of primary sources of compounds for the medical industry, generalized ecological disequilibrium, eutrofication of water bodies, increase in the costs of water (for humans) treatment, increase of agricultural plagues, and increase of insect borne diseases. All these effects are of high relevance, even more if we consider the population declines of amphibians, the most threatened terrestrial vertebrate group in the world. Therefore, we propose that if a new Forest Act must be prepared, that it should be based, besides in unlikely immediate economical benefits to farm owners, in scientific knowledge which benefits nature conservancy, economy, health, and human welfare. how to quote this paper Toledo, L.F.; Carvalho-e-Silva, S.P.; Sánchez, C.; Almeida, M.A. and Haddad, C. F. B. The review of the Brazilian Forest Act: harmful effects on amphibian conservation. Biota Neotrop. Oct/Dec 2010 vol. 10, no. 4 https://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v10n4/en/abstract?article+bn00410042010. ISSN 1676-0603. |
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