The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: the role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation
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2021
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The Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) is an innovative program designed to integrate all biodiversity research
stakeholders. Operating since 2004, it has installed long-term ecological research sites throughout Brazil and its logic has been
applied in some other southern-hemisphere countries. The program supports all aspects of research necessary to understand
biodiversity and the processes that affect it. There are presently 161 sampling sites (see some of them at Supplementary Appendix),
most of which use a standardized methodology that allows comparisons across biomes and through time. To date, there are about
1200 publications associated with PPBio that cover topics ranging from natural history to genetics and species distributions. Most
of the field data and metadata are available through PPBio web sites or DataONE. Metadata is available for researchers that intend
to explore the different faces of Brazilian biodiversity spatio-temporal variation, as well as for managers intending to improve
conservation strategies. The Program also fostered, directly and indirectly, local technical capacity building, and supported the
training of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. The main challenge is maintaining the long-term funding necessary
to understand biodiversity patterns and processes under pressure from global environmental changes.
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Biodiversity, Long-term ecological research, Stakeholders, Capacity building, Knowledge production, Data availability
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ROSA, Clarissa et al. The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: the role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation. Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiĆŖncias, Rio de Janeiro, v. 93, n. 2, e20201604, 2021. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120201604. DisponĆvel em: https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/CgkrHRJFqZFsyT3RvVQDXdz/?format=pdf&lang=en. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2023.