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Secondary and old-growth subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forests are acting as carbon sink.
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Biodiversity is not related to net carbon change in this region.
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Subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forests should be conserved irrespective to their ages to maintain carbon sink.
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Biodiversity and carbon-related processes should be taken as conservation targets.
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The KBA Standards may not be scalable to all biodiversity.
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If everywhere can be a Key Biodiversity Area, nowhere is “Key”.
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If any area is “Key” the assessment process is solely based on manageability.
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Colombia covers over half of key wintering areas for migratory birds in South America.
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Most of the migrants’ overwinter range overlaps with working landscapes.
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Priority national restoration/rehabilitation areas are ineffective to benefit migrants.
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Forest conservation needs actions involving vulnerable and minority groups.
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We evaluated 7 water-related ES in landscapes with different proportions between eucalyptus and natural forests.
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There is a threshold close to 20% of forest coverage below which ES supply tends to become unsustainable.
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The highest gain to the seven ES occurs in catchments with natural forest cover over 45%.
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Erosion control was the service most linked to natural forest decrease.
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There is room for expansion in the academic engagement with businesses in Brazil, notably in issues related to biodiversity and sustainability.
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To tackle existing issues: offsets, licensing, and private reserves are fronts for engagement between academia and businesses in Brazil.
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To tap into new opportunities: sustainable bioeconomy, access and benefit sharing, and environmental, social, and corporate governance are topics whereby academia-businesses partnerships in Brazil can innovate.
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A mindset shift in academia and corporations will be required to foster sustainable businesses from a biodiversity perspective.
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References are key to restoration, especially in highly threatened ecosystems.
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Optimal references connect conservation and restoration.
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Small remnants that serve as references can lead to landscape-scale benefits.
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A detailed habitat classification is needed for adequate protection and restoration.
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Ensuring optimal references protection will benefit future restoration initiatives.
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Limited Global South participation and parachute science hampers tropical ecology.
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Upgrades in equity, diversity and inclusion rooted in the Global South are essential.
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Tropical conservation practices must be led by local researchers and stakeholders.
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Recognition of science in the Global South may improve through outreach.
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International research must provide equitable workloads and recognition to Global South researchers.
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Brazil has the highest number of threatened avian taxa.
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Taxa eligibility for ex situ conservation is not correlated to level of threat.
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Larger taxa with easily replicable diets are predominant in ex situ conservation facilities.
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Presence in traffic favors taxa eligibility for ex situ conservation plans.
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Ex situ conservation reach is constrained by the lack of experimentation and of risk-taking.
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Power lines are a major cause of bird mortality due to electrocutions and collisions.
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This threat has been poorly studied in South America.
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Scientific and grey literature suggest this threat is present in this subcontinent.
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A total of 85 bird species from 34 families affected by power lines were identified.
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More studies assessing bird mortality due to this threat in South America are needed.
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More than 12% of the watersheds of the Brazilian Amazon already have or are approaching natural forest cover below 30% and more than a third have below 80%.
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Regions of the Amazon already forest cover below the average of the Atlantic Forest.
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We propose learning policy lessons from the Atlantic Forest to avoid the same trajectory as the Amazon.
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They need to be implemented urgently to stop the route towards its tipping point, address the climate emergency and assure the provision of ecosystem services.
