期刊
PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 239-243出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.07.004
关键词
Biodiversity research network; Brazil; Global environmental commitments; Political and fiscal crisis
资金
- PPBio/CNPq/MCTIC
- Brazilian state foundations for science
In the middle of a political and fiscal crisis, the Brazilian government is applying successive budget cuts, including in science funding. Recent cuts radically affect research programs on biodiversity that are crucial components for the design and monitoring of public policies for nature conservation and sustainable development. We analyze the consequences of such cuts on the Research Program on Biodiversity (PPBio), the largest biodiversity research network in Brazil (626 researchers, nine networks in all Brazilian biomes). Brazil holds a substantial part of the world's biodiversity and of tropical forests that play a significant role for regional and global climate stability. If underfunding is maintained, the dismantling of the Brazilian PPBio will have consequences that go beyond biodiversity knowledge itself but affect society as a whole. Brazil will likely fail to reach the National Targets for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and it will be difficult to fulfill the restoration target of the Brazilian NDC and to advance with the sustainable development goals. (c) 2017 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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