Publications by authors named "Fernando Moreira Fernandes"
Article Synopsis
- In 2012, the IUCN initiated the development of the "Green Status of Species" to assess species recovery and the impact of conservation efforts.
- The Green Status framework includes a method to evaluate species recovery, featuring metrics like conservation legacy and recovery potential, tested on 181 diverse species.
- Findings showed that 59% of species were largely or critically depleted, highlighting that recovery status differs from extinction risk, and indicating the effectiveness of conservation efforts on the majority of species tested.
Although there is a consensus among conservation biologists about the importance of genetic information, the assessment of extinction risk and conservation decision-making generally do not explicitly consider this type of data. Genetic data can be even more important in species where little other information is available. In this study, we investigated a poorly known legume tree, Dimorphandra exaltata, from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, a hotspot for conservation.
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