Publications by authors named "Diogenes Felix da Silva Costa"
Environ Manage
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) are harming natural habitats and ecosystem services (ES) in areas like Brazil's Pampa biome, which lacks sufficient environmental protection.
- A study used InVEST models to map and quantify key ES (water supply, carbon stock, groundwater stock, sediment retention, habitat quality) across 14 watersheds in the region, revealing low availability of water supply and groundwater.
- The study identified spatial hotspots of ES provision, showing that areas with native vegetation had higher sediment retention and carbon stock, and provided scenarios to aid in conservation and sustainable policy-making.
