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SUMMARY:Drivers and biodiversity consequences of landscape-scale deforesta
 tion in the western Brazilian Amazon - Jose Ochoa Quintero\, Conservation 
 Science Group\, Department of Zoology\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20131108T130000Z
DTEND:20131108T140000Z
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CONTACT:Marius Somveille
DESCRIPTION:Interactions between deforestation\, climate change\, agricult
 ural expansion and fire may drive the ecological system of the Amazon basi
 n away from closed-canopy forest. Although protected areas are in place to
  reduce these impacts\, they may be insufficient to ensure the long-term p
 rotection of biodiversity. This highlights the need to improve biodiversit
 y protection beyond protected areas. This talk will discuss the results of
  the following research questions focussed on biodiversity conservation ou
 tside the protected area network: 1) How does the species richness of foca
 l groups of mammals and birds vary in response to a gradient of landscape-
 scale deforestation and fragmentation? 2) Are there threshold effects of s
 pecies loss (local extinction) at particular levels of landscape deforesta
 tion? Our analysis demonstrated the relevance of landscape-scale variables
  when defining the ways in which species react to deforestation and the im
 portance of adopting a landscape-scale approach for designing successful c
 onservation management strategies outside protected areas.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology\, Downing Street\
 , Cambridge CB2 3EJ
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