SELEÇÃO DE FRAGMENTOS PRIORITÁRIOS PARA A CRIAÇÃO DE UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DO CERRADO NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
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https://doi.org/10.24278/2178-5031.200618321Keywords:
Brazilian savanna, evaluation, indicators, algorithm, biological conservation, reserve selectionAbstract
Two workshops have been recently organised with the aim of selecting priority areas for Cerrado conservation, one of them covering the entire Cerrado domain and the other exclusively for São Paulo State. Each priority area, however, tends to be comprised of a large number of fragments. Since the preservation of all of them is not possible, our objective in this study was to prioritise individual areas for establishing new reserves. We adopted an objective selection procedure, scoring the areas on the basis of 15 weighted indicators. Eighty-six areas were evaluated using these indicators, which included biophysical attributes, integrity of their natural resources, and external influences. The result is a portfolio of areas, classified according to their priority for Cerrado conservation in São Paulo State and providing readily accessible information for decision-makers.
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