Overview of KBA Process in
Brazil
José Maria Cardoso da Silva
Adriano Jerozolimski
Luis Barbosa
George Camargo
Claudia Arcangelo
Ricardo Machado
Mario Barroso
Cristiano Nogueira
Adriana Paese
Adriano Paglia
Matthew Foster
• 2004 – 2005
– Atlantic Forest
Biomes:
Amazonia
Caatinga
Cerrado
Atlantic Forest
Pampa
Pantanal
Marine ecosystems
• 2005
– Cerrado
– Pantanal
– Amazonia
– Caatinga
– Pampa
Support to KBA process
• Brazil Center for Biodiversity Conservation
• Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
• Critical Ecosystem Paternship Fund
Previous site priorization initiatives
• 1998 – 2000
PROBIO – ´Projeto de Conservação e Utilização
Sustentável da Diversidade Biológica Brasileira`
Previous site priorization
initiatives
• Gap Analysis
– Rodrigues et al, 2003
– Paglia et al, 2003
– Machado et al, 2003
Previous site priorization
initiatives
• Important Bird Areas
‘Áreas importantes para a conservação das aves no Brasil: parte 1 –
estados do domínio da Mata Atlântica’
Org. Glayson A. Bencke, Giovanni N. Maurício, Pedro F. Develey e Jaqueline M.
Goerck. São Paulo: SAVE Brasil, 2006.
Vulnerability criteria
Terrestrial vertebrate species
300
IUCN 2004
250
248
256
IUCN 2006
88%
KBA
219
# of species
200
151
150
92%
143
132
100
82%
61
61
50
50
84%
44
44
37
0
VU
EN
CR
IUCN categories
Total
Species and taxonomic groups
300
IUCN 2004
250
248
256
88%
IUCN 2006
219
KBA
# of species
200
150
118
123
84%
94%
99
100
82
96%
50
24
28
23
81
77
83%
24
24
20
0
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Total
17%%
• Vulnerability criteria
10%
1127 KBAs for 219 globally
threatened species
23%
• 281 Protected Areas
4%
44%
Key Biodiversity Areas
Caatinga
Pantanal
Pampas
Amazonia
Atlantic Forest
Cerrado
– Private Reserves
– Sustainable Use
– Strictly Protected
• 846 KBAs unprotected
2%
200
186
11
180
11
160
31
# of species
140
19
120
100
60
40
75
71
80
45
77
6
3
9
12
6
9
75
35
20
26
0
4
9
CR
EN
37
VU
RR
IUCN Categories
Amazonia
Atlantic Forest
Caatinga
Cerrado
Pampas
Pantanal
Atlantic Forest
524 KBAs
for 138 red – listed species
121 Important Bird Areas
266 KBAs in 122 IBAs
accounting for 131 sp or
91.60% of analyzed species
81 Protected Areas
386 unprotected
Cerrado
193 – KBAs
Vunerability
126 KBAs
for 46 red – listed species
Vunerability
and Irreplaceability
38 KBAs
Irreplaceability
29 KBAs
Biodiversity Corridors
States boundaries
Photo credits:
Cristano Nogueira
Mario Barroso
Paulo Sousa
A. Serret/ACEN
Rudiger Dmoch
Cerrado original extent
Countries borders
Key biodiversity areas
Protected areas
42 Protected Areas
151 unprotected
Amazonia
Amazonia
271 KBAs
for 50 red – listed species
72 Protected areas
199 unprotected
Key biodiversity areas
Indigenous lands
Sustainable Use PAs
Strictly Protected PAs
Photo credits:
Enrico Bernard
IBAMA
Val Campos
Dominic W.
Adriano Jerozolimski
Pantanal
43 KBAs
for 17 red – listed species
6 KBAs are Protected Areas
37 unprotected
Delineation issues - Hotspots
Delineation issues – Wilderness areas
Causes of species spatial and temporal patterns
Pantanal: flood pulses
Restinga de Maçambaba e Ilha de Cabo Frio
Priorization
Atlantic Forest
Joinville (cood. sede municipal)
P.N. Itatiaia
Santo - André Estação Ferroviária de Campo Grande
P. E. de Ilhabela
Remanescentes do Município de Ribeirão Grande e
Maciço Florestal de Paranapiacaba
P. N. de Superagui
P. E. Ilha do Cardoso
E. E. de Juréia-Itatins
Salto da Ararinha
Flona Mario Xavier
Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro
Sooretama / Linhares
Chui
PE Serra do Mar entre Caraguatatuba e Picinguaba
PE Ilhabela
Estação Veracruz
Faz. Santana
São Lourenço do Sul
Morro do Ferro (Poços de Caldas)
Ilha Queimada Grande
KBAs
Irreplaceability = 100%
Mimoso do Sul
Santa Teresa e REBIO Augusto Ruschi
Mata da Balbina
Serra do Baturité
Chapada do Araripe
Serra de Maranguape e Aratanha
Arquipélago de Alcatrazes
Priorization - Cerrado
Key issues:
- Applying other criteria to KBAs identification
- KBAs delineation in wilderness areas
- Vulnerability and irreplaceability concepts
- Priorization methods
- Costs of KBA strategy