The program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: the role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation

ROSA, CLARISSA; HIPÓLITO, JULIANA; NECKEL-OLIVEIRA, SELVINO; DOS ANJOS, MARCELO RODRIGUES; MARTINS, MARLÚCIA BONIFÁCIO; FERREIRA, VANDA LÚCIA; DE PINHO, JOÃO BATISTA; PILLAR, VALÉRIO D.; BÍGIO, NARCÍSIO COSTA; VÉLEZ-MARTIN, EDUARDO; MORTATI, AMANDA FREDERICO; ANDRÉ, THIAGO; MESSIAS, MARILUCE REZENDE; MARQUES, RENATO; MORATO, ELDER FERREIRA; MACHADO, RICARDO BOMFIM; OKI, YUMI; BARBOSA, FLÁVIA RODRIGUES; GATICA, AILIN; JOFRÉ, LAURA E.; RUEDA, CARLA; VALE, MARIANA M.; HIGASHIKAWA, EMÍLIO MANABU; BANHOS, AUREO; COLLEVATTI, ROSANE GARCIA; VIEIRA, CECÍLIA RODRIGUES; DOS SANTOS, TIAGO GOMES; MALABARBA, LUIZ R.; PALOMO, LUCAS; MAGNUSSON, WILLIAM E.; BACCARO, FABRICIO; BARROS, CLAUDIA FRANCA; OVERBECK, GERHARD E.; FERREGUETTI, ÁTILLA C.; TOMAS, WALFRIDO MORAES; DA CUNHA, CATIA NUNES; SALIS, SUZANA MARIA; PODGAISKI, LUCIANA R.; ARAGÓN, SUSAN; LINS E SILVA, ANA CAROLINA BORGES; GIACOMIN, LEANDRO LACERDA; DE ALMEIDA SILVEIRA, MARIA AUREA PINHEIRO; MARQUES, MARCIA C. M.; BITAR, YOUSZEF O.C.; DE CÁSSIA PAGOTTO, RUBIANI; DE

ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS.

ACAD BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2021 vol. 93 p. 1 - 19

0001-3765

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.