Publications by authors named "Maria A Oliveira-Miranda"
Article Synopsis
- Integrating genetic data into conservation management in Latin America requires collaboration between researchers and managers to address biodiversity challenges.
- A survey of 468 conservation managers across 21 Latin American countries showed that 65% had engaged in genetic assessments, finding them valuable for management decisions.
- The study identified barriers for the 35% of respondents who hadn't used genetic assessments, including limited funding, lack of lab facilities, and insufficient trained personnel.
As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to expand, healthcare resources globally have been spread thin. Now, the disease is rapidly spreading across South America, with deadly consequences in areas with already weakened public health systems. The Amazon region is particularly susceptible to the widespread devastation from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its immunologically fragile native Amerindian inhabitants and epidemiologic vulnerabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKnowledge products comprise assessments of authoritative information supported by standards, governance, quality control, data, tools, and capacity building mechanisms. Considerable resources are dedicated to developing and maintaining knowledge products for biodiversity conservation, and they are widely used to inform policy and advise decision makers and practitioners. However, the financial cost of delivering this information is largely undocumented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA practical guide to the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
February 2015
The newly developed IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is part of a growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity, which addresses ecosystems and their functioning. The Red List of Ecosystems standard allows systematic assessment of all freshwater, marine, terrestrial and subterranean ecosystem types in terms of their global risk of collapse. In addition, the Red List of Ecosystems categories and criteria provide a technical base for assessments of ecosystem status at the regional, national, or subnational level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn understanding of risks to biodiversity is needed for planning action to slow current rates of decline and secure ecosystem services for future human use. Although the IUCN Red List criteria provide an effective assessment protocol for species, a standard global assessment of risks to higher levels of biodiversity is currently limited. In 2008, IUCN initiated development of risk assessment criteria to support a global Red List of ecosystems.
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