Journal
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Volume 1, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.77
Keywords
biodiversity; Brazil; Cerrado biome; conservation; dams; water resources
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Funding
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo [2011/23419-1, 2016/07246-3]
- National Science Foundation [FESD-1338694, NSF-1617413]
- University of Texas at Austin
- Earth Observatory of Singapore-EOS-NTU
- Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)/Cerrado Knowledge Platform [103768]
- CAPES Foundation
- Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq
- FAPESP [2011/23419-1, 2016/07246-3]
- LLILAS-Mellon
- NSF grant [FESD-1338694, NSF-1617413]
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The Brazilian Cerrado, one of the most threatened biomes of our planet, illustrates the challenges and opportunities of reconciling economic development with conservation of land and water ecosystems. Here, we assess the state of the art of and present new information on the impacts of agricultural expansion, dams, and water use, and make recommendations for basin management, conservation, and restoration of water-related Cerrado ecosystems and rivers. The conservation of the Cerrado requires not only the preservation of remnants of its vegetation but also the ability to keep the hydro-geomorphological and ecological functionality of its rivers, particularly the Araguaia River, the last large well preserved and unregulated system. If business as usual continues, the Cerrado riverine ecosystems may never rebound.
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