Burning Season: Challenges to Conserve Biodiversity and the Critical Points of a Planet Threatened by the Danger Called Global Warming

Júnior, Diniz Pereira Leite and Dantas, Elisangela Santana de Oliveira and Souza, Roseli de and Souza, Marcelo Henrique de and Ramos, Lucas Hudson Durigon and Sehn, Monaliza and Siqueira, Valmir Silvano and Oliveira, Maria Madalena de and Silva, Anagela Maria Acel (2021) Burning Season: Challenges to Conserve Biodiversity and the Critical Points of a Planet Threatened by the Danger Called Global Warming. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 11 (5). pp. 60-90. ISSN 2581-8627

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Abstract

Aim: Due to their biological richness and threat levels, the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, along with other regions located in different parts of the planet, are identified a global hotspots and need greater attention due to the problems generated by global warming.

Objective: This article addresses general aspects of the planet's biodiversity, the improvement of ecosystem conservation in Brazil and in the world.

Methodology: We carried out an approach on the environmental situation in relation to global warming, the problems generated to the fauna and flora and the conditions in which the biomes of the Midwest region of Brazil are found.

Results: The State of Mato Grosso, located in the heart of South America, Brazil, encompasses in its territory the biodiversity of three large biomes: the Amazon, the Cerrado and the Pantanal. The cerrado, a savanna mosaic biome with 38.9% of the state's territory, is home to 30% of Brazilian biodiversity and 5% of the planet's species. In Mato Grosso Amazonia, the main anthropic pressure is caused by exploration, deforestation, crops and livestock. In the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, one of the largest continuous wetlands on the planet, it is marked by peculiarities, such as dry and flood seasons, low fertility soils, difficult access, among others, which restricted its occupation and human interference.

Conclusion: Finally, these biomes are areas of relevant interest for conservation and for environmental and ecosystem services, these biomes in the state are under threat and need attention from civil society and government in different spheres. General aspects of the biodiversity of biomes distributed in the territory of Mato Grosso/Brazil, socio-environmental challenges, conservation units and public and private policy initiatives that affect conservation, require active conservation intervention measures to harmonize investment activities with the priorities of biodiversity conservation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Open Archive Press > Geological Science
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@openarchivepress.com
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2023 09:04
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 04:57
URI: http://library.2pressrelease.co.in/id/eprint/124

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