Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Apr 2021)

The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation

  • CLARISSA ROSA,
  • FABRICIO BACCARO,
  • CECILIA CRONEMBERGER,
  • JULIANA HIPÓLITO,
  • CLAUDIA FRANCA BARROS,
  • DOMINGOS DE JESUS RODRIGUES,
  • SELVINO NECKEL-OLIVEIRA,
  • GERHARD E. OVERBECK,
  • ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS,
  • MARCELO RODRIGUES DOS ANJOS,
  • ÁTILLA C. FERREGUETTI,
  • ALBERTO AKAMA,
  • MARLÚCIA BONIFÁCIO MARTINS,
  • WALFRIDO MORAES TOMAS,
  • SANDRA APARECIDA SANTOS,
  • VANDA LÚCIA FERREIRA,
  • CATIA NUNES DA CUNHA,
  • JERRY PENHA,
  • JOÃO BATISTA DE PINHO,
  • SUZANA MARIA SALIS,
  • CAROLINA RODRIGUES DA COSTA DORIA,
  • VALÉRIO D. PILLAR,
  • LUCIANA R. PODGAISKI,
  • MARCELO MENIN,
  • NARCÍSIO COSTA BÍGIO,
  • SUSAN ARAGÓN,
  • ANGELO GILBERTO MANZATTO,
  • EDUARDO VÉLEZ-MARTIN,
  • ANA CAROLINA BORGES LINS E SILVA,
  • THIAGO JUNQUEIRA IZZO,
  • AMANDA FREDERICO MORTATI,
  • LEANDRO LACERDA GIACOMIN,
  • THAÍS ELIAS ALMEIDA,
  • THIAGO ANDRÉ,
  • MARIA AUREA PINHEIRO DE ALMEIDA SILVEIRA,
  • ANTÔNIO LAFFAYETE PIRES DA SILVEIRA,
  • MARILUCE REZENDE MESSIAS,
  • MARCIA C.M. MARQUES,
  • ANDRE ANDRIAN PADIAL,
  • RENATO MARQUES,
  • YOUSZEF O.C. BITAR,
  • MARCOS SILVEIRA,
  • ELDER FERREIRA MORATO,
  • RUBIANI DE CÁSSIA PAGOTTO,
  • CHRISTINE STRUSSMANN,
  • RICARDO BOMFIM MACHADO,
  • LUDMILLA MOURA DE SOUZA AGUIAR,
  • GERALDO WILSON FERNANDES,
  • YUMI OKI,
  • SAMUEL NOVAIS,
  • GUILHERME BRAGA FERREIRA,
  • FLÁVIA RODRIGUES BARBOSA,
  • ANA C. OCHOA,
  • ANTONIO M. MANGIONE,
  • AILIN GATICA,
  • MARÍA CELINA CARRIZO,
  • LUCÍA MARTINEZ RETTA,
  • LAURA E. JOFRÉ,
  • LUCIANA L. CASTILLO,
  • ANDREA M. NEME,
  • CARLA RUEDA,
  • JOSÉ JULIO DE TOLEDO,
  • CARLOS EDUARDO VIVEIROS GRELLE,
  • MARIANA M. VALE,
  • MARCUS VINICIUS VIEIRA,
  • RUI CERQUEIRA,
  • EMÍLIO MANABU HIGASHIKAWA,
  • FERNANDO PEREIRA DE MENDONÇA,
  • QUÊZIA LEANDRO DE MOURA GUERREIRO,
  • AUREO BANHOS,
  • JEAN-MARC HERO,
  • RODRIGO KOBLITZ,
  • ROSANE GARCIA COLLEVATTI,
  • LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA,
  • HERALDO L. VASCONCELOS,
  • CECÍLIA RODRIGUES VIEIRA,
  • GUARINO RINALDI COLLI,
  • SONIA ZANINI CECHIN,
  • TIAGO GOMES DOS SANTOS,
  • CARLA S. FONTANA,
  • JOÃO A. JARENKOW,
  • LUIZ R. MALABARBA,
  • MARTA P. RUEDA,
  • PUBLIO A. ARAUJO,
  • LUCAS PALOMO,
  • MARTA C. ITURRE,
  • HELENA GODOY BERGALLO,
  • WILLIAM E. MAGNUSSON

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120201604
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 2

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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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