A5035860383- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Forest Management and Policy
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Plant and animal studies
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Water resources management and optimization
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
2021-2025
International Institute for Sustainability
2020-2023
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
2022-2023
Fundo Brasil
2023
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
2020
In 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020. As international attention turns to development of post-2020 Global Framework, discussions are focusing way in which other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) should be reflected Framework. To inform this discussion, we gathered in-depth perspectives and expert elicitation opportunities challenges that OECMs offer present biodiversity conservation. do so, conducted...
Soil ecosystem service (SES) approaches evidence the importance of soil for human well-being, contribute to improving dialogue between science and decision-making encourage translation scientific results into public policies. Herein, through systematic review, we assess state art SES in tropical regions. Through this 41 publications were identified; while most these studies considered SES, a lack consistent framework define was apparent. Most measured natural capital processes, only three...
Abstract Brazil is a megadiversity country with more tropical forest than any other, and leading agricultural producer. The technical potential to reconcile these roles by concentrating agriculture on existing farmland sparing land for nature well-established, but the spatial overlap of this conservation priorities institutional constraints remains poorly understood. We mapped priorities, food production socio-economic variables likely influence success sparing. Pasture occupies 70%...
Recent efforts to achieve social, economic, and environmental goals related sustainability emphasize the importance of nature-based solutions (NBS), as grey infrastructure alone is insufficient address current challenges. The majority frameworks proposed in literature fail full potential NBS, neglecting long-term results, unintended consequences, co-benefits, their contribution achieving global agreements, such Agenda 2030, especially for water management a peri-urban context. Here we...
Understanding local stakeholders' perception and their relation with the landscape its natural resources is an important step for successfully implementing Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR). Here, we present a case study on FLR in context of global biodiversity hotspot—the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, using participatory approach to include knowledge into project planning. We analyzed land use cover, organized workshop focus group methodology associated maps other visual representations...
Timber was an important resource for the construction of colonial Brazil, although pertinent information is limited. We used available archival material and interdisciplinary methodology, spanning historical, botanical ethnobotanical methods, to illuminate exploitation native timber during period its relevance contemporary conservation status Atlantic Forest. Central our methodology development a standardized protocol focusing on folk names trees, which permitted us relate historical records...
Ecosystem restoration strategies vary widely in the techniques applied and ecological contexts. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate how success varies across socio-ecological contexts, taxonomic groups biomes. Restoration is quantified as percentage of each metric value attained site compared reference systems. show that different for plants, animals, soils indicators. Abundance easier restore than carbon stocks, which are species diversity. However, abundance may be poor indicator...
Abstract Soils play fundamental roles in the functioning of Earth's ecosystems. Despite numerous initiatives to protect soils, it continues be generally perceived as dirt or, at best, surface we walk on. To better understand soil perception by public, conducted a survey with 99 participants from Poland and Brazil. We applied an opportunity sampling semi-structured interviews 40 respondents 30 Brazil, 29 unstructured Most (53%) associated where plants grow while 27% said that is ground step...
Abstract Soils play fundamental roles in the functioning of Earth's ecosystems. Despite numerous initiatives to protect soils, it continues be generally perceived as dirt or, at best, surface we walk on. To better understand soil perception by public, conducted a survey with 99 participants from Poland and Brazil. We applied opportunity sampling semi-structured interviews 40 respondents 30 Brazil, 29 unstructured Most (53%) associated where plants grow, while 27% said that is ground step...