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Sustainability issues in a tropical mega trail

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Sustainability is a target that involves many socio-ecological questions, depends on opportunities and combines different initiatives. This can be especially difficult in regions with high biodiversity scores, mega cities, high level of human populations and an intense and long-standing land use. Here, we show how a mega trail, named Atlantic Forest Trail, within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest can join the protection of biodiversity and sustainable tourism through a 4270 km corridor connecting protected areas and crossing a variety of landscapes. Further, we show some initiatives of ongoing biodiversity monitoring, and an analysis of ecological restoration in private lands that can be applied in many regions to improve habitat connectivity for both biodiversity and human use.

Source: Royal Society Open Science

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201840

Authors: Carlos E. V. Grelle, Julia Niemeyer, Ernesto B. Viveiros de Castro, André M. Lanna, Mariella Uzeda, Marcus Vinicius Vieira

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Florida, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Embrapa

Language: English

Topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,471