Scientists' warning on the conservation of subterranean ecosystems

S Mammola, P Cardoso, DC Culver, L Deharveng… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In light of recent alarming trends in human population growth, climate change, and other
environmental modifications, a “Warning to humanity” manifesto was published in …

Brazil's worst mining disaster: corporations must be compelled to pay the actual environmental costs

LC Garcia, DB Ribeiro… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In November 2015, a large mine‐tailing dam owned by Samarco Corporation collapsed in
Brazil, generating a massive wave of toxic mud that spread down the Doce River, killing 20 …

Priority caves for biodiversity conservation in a key karst area of Brazil: comparing the applicability of cave conservation indices

LM Rabelo, M Souza-Silva, RL Ferreira - Biodiversity and conservation, 2018 - Springer
Landscapes in tropical regions have been greatly altered by human activities, as a product
of growing demands for mineral and agricultural production, as well as those related to the …

Conservation relevance of bat caves for biodiversity and ecosystem services

RA Medellin, R Wiederholt, L Lopez-Hoffman - Biological conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
All ecosystems are dotted by salient small natural features that not only characterize them
but also significantly add to their biodiversity and functions. These small natural features are …

Impact of mining activities on areas of environmental protection in the southwest of the Amazon: A GIS-and remote sensing-based assessment

AP Rudke, VAS de Souza, AM Dos Santos… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The southwest Brazilian Amazon state of Rondônia has a relatively recent non-
indigenous occupation, which subsequently develops a variety of human pressures and …

Habitat selection of cave-restricted fauna in a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in Neotropics

M Souza-Silva, RFV Cerqueira, TG Pellegrini… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Environmental stability and oligotrophy are considered the main drivers of species
distribution within caves due to physiological and nutritional requirements presented by …

Fifty years of cave arthropod sampling: techniques and best practices

JJ Wynne, FG Howarth, S Sommer - 2019 - digitalcommons.usf.edu
Ever-increasing human pressures on cave biodiversity have amplified the need for
systematic, repeatable, and intensive surveys of cave-dwelling arthropods to formulate …

[HTML][HTML] A network of monitoring networks for evaluating biodiversity conservation effectiveness in Brazilian protected areas

F de Oliveira Roque, M Uehara-Prado… - Perspectives in ecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
The necessity to create national to global-scale biodiversity monitoring systems as part of
assessing progress toward biodiversity agendas presents a challenge for signatory …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing cave past to manage and conserve cave present and future

AC Hughes, E Kirksey, B Palmer, A Tivasauradej… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Whilst restoration and recovery of ecosystems has become a major priority, develo** a
baseline of what biodiversity was like prior to disturbance, and what might have driven …

Marble slurry's impact on groundwater: the case study of the Apuan Alps Karst Aquifers

L Piccini, T Di Lorenzo, P Costagliola, DMP Galassi - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Modern sawing techniques employed in ornamental stones' exploitation produce large
amounts of slurry that can be potentially diffused into the environment by runoff water. Slurry …