Status and recommendations for sustainable freshwater aquaculture in Brazil

AB Nobile, AM Cunico, JRS Vitule… - Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Brazil is a megadiverse country and is participant of fundamental environmental agreements
for biodiversity conservation. However, the internal politics and the cultures that affect …

An analysis of the current status and future of biosecurity frameworks for the Indonesian seaweed industry

CSB Kambey, I Campbell, CFA Sondak… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Indonesia is the world largest producer of the red seaweeds Kappaphycus and Eucheuma;
however, this country is facing significant challenges such as disease outbreaks, epiphyte …

Non-native species and invasion biology in a megadiverse country: scientometric analysis and ecological interactions in Brazil

FA Frehse, RR Braga, GA Nocera, JRS Vitule - Biological Invasions, 2016 - Springer
The number of invasions by non-native species and their negative impacts is increasing,
especially in developing megadiverse countries. The current catalogue of hypotheses …

A network meta‐analysis of threats to South American fish biodiversity

LAV Bezerra, MO Freitas, VS Daga… - Fish and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While environmental alterations have made Homo sapiens the hyperkeystone species of the
globe, biotic homogenization initiated a new era, the “Homogenocene.” Still, some terrestrial …

Aquaculture expansion in Brazilian freshwaters against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

DP Lima Junior, ALB Magalhaes, FM Pelicice… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity proposed the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to
improve conservation policies and to balance economic development, social welfare, and …

Expansion of aquaculture parks and the increasing risk of non‐native species invasions in Brazil

LB Lima, FJM Oliveira, HC Giacomini… - Reviews in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture is the main vector for introduction of non‐native species in Brazil and around
the world. Despite the potentially serious and irreversible ecological impacts caused by non …

Using dynamic sustainability indicators to assess environmental policy measures in Biosphere Reserves

I Baños-González, J Martínez-Fernández… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The assessment of different policy options represents a major tool for decision-makers in
Biosphere Reserves, to develop more-resilient strategies for sustainable development and …

The same old mistakes in aquaculture: the newly-available striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus is on its way to putting Brazilian freshwater ecosystems at …

DAZ Garcia, ALB Magalhães, JRS Vitule… - Biodiversity and …, 2018 - Springer
In the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil, a dangerous decree allows the culture of
hybrids and non-native extralimital fish species in the Paraná and East Atlantic River basins …

Precautionary principle or evidence-based conservation? Assessing the information content of threat data for the Yangtze finless porpoise

LMW Mogensen, Z Mei, Y Hao, XA Harrison… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Conservation management requires evidence, but robust data on key parameters such as
threats are often unavailable. Conservation-relevant insights might be available within …

Predicting impacts of lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion in a coastal ecosystem of southern Brazil

J Bumbeer, RM da Rocha, H Bornatowski… - Biological …, 2018 - Springer
The opportunistic feeder Pterois volitans is a voracious invader, causing large impacts in
marine food-webs. We have used a Ecopath-with-Ecosim model to hypothesize an invasion …