The document summarizes the conservation efforts of the Biosphere Reserve of Espinhaço Mountain Range in Brazil. The reserve was created in 2005 under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme to conserve the landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic diversity of the region. It aims to protect the varied climates, forests, grasslands, rupestrian fields and over 500 plant and animal species found along the 1,000km mountain range, many of which are endemic or endangered. Conservation strategies include the establishment of protected areas, research on priority species and ecosystems, and addressing threats from mining, agriculture and fires.
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The conservation function of the Biosphere Reserve: the case of Espinhaco Mountain Range in Brazil [Yasmine Antonini]
1. The conservation function of the
Biosphere Reserve: the case of
Espinhaço Mountain Range in Brazil
Yasmine Antonini
Federal University of Ouro Preto
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2. BIOSPHERE RESERVE OF SERRA DO
ESPINHAÇO WAS CREATED ON JUNE 2005
MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME –
UNESCO
BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT
NGO’S
ACADEMY
3. THE ESPINHAÇO
MOUNTAIN RANGE
REPRESENTS THE
LARGEST AND
MOST CONTINUOUS
PRECAMBRIAN
OROGENIC BELT OF
BRAZIL'S TERRITORY
4. Along the 1,000 kilometers of the cordillera,
alternating elevations with peaks reaching up to
2,017 meters allow for an enormous diversity of
climate and rainfall conditions.
Temperatures can range from bellow 0o C to more
than 3o5 C in a same day
5. EUROPEAN
NATURALISTS
TRAVEL FOR THIS
LANDS
Langsdorff (1816)
Saint Hilaire (1817)
von Martius (1818)
Schwacke (1893)
PICTURE OF MIGUEL ANDRADE
6. According to the document that supported
the creation of the reserve the main goals
“Contribute to the
conservation of
landscapes, ecosystems,
species and genetic
variability”
15. 538 Plant Species
Threatened
67% Occur on the
rupestrian fields of
Espinhaço
Main actions: list of
endangered species
Establishment of
Natural Reserves to
protection
22. WE HAVE 69 PROTECTED AREAS
NATIONAL PARKS AND STATE PARKS
STATE ECOLOGICAL STATIONS
BESIDES AREAS CONSIDERED OF
SUSTAINABLE USE
23. RESEARCH EFFORTS ON A REGION OF HIGH
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION INTEREST:
THE NATIONAL PARK OF SERRA DO CIPO
PTERIDOFITES MONOCOTS
BIRDS ANFIBIANS
DICOTS INVERTEBRATES
REPTILES MAMMALS
MADEIRA, ET AL 2008, MEGADIVERSIDADE,4(1-2)