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Livestock in Riparian Areas: A Neglected Environmental Issue

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The presence of livestock in riparian areas raises several questions about the conservation and sustainable use of water resources and biodiversity in Brazil. Although the Native Vegetation Protection Law (No. 12,651) focuses on riparian vegetation, protected as Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs), it does not exclude the presence of livestock in these fragile areas. Here, we provide an overview of APPs in Brazil and analyze the legal instruments that enable livestock in these areas, gathering the scientific evidence on associated environmental impacts. Currently, cattle in riparian areas represent a direct threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services, especially because these animals promote trampling, loss of vegetation, soil erosion, siltation, and pollution through urine and feces. To avoid cattle in APPs, legislation should be revised to implement more stringent restrictions; in parallel, alternatives for watering the animals must be sought, such as, for example, the installation of artificial ponds and drinking fountains. It would be appropriate to propose legislation or create incentives to fence livestock in pasture areas to preventing it from accessing APPs. Increasing cattle confinement is an alternative measure to traditional ranching in open pasture. Riparian zones represent a critical environment for biodiversity and society, so the presence of cattle and its associated negative impacts should be seriously considered by authorities.

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We wish to thank Pedro Uzeda (UFLA) for the Fig. 1b and Fig. S8, and Lívia H. Tonella (FASEC) and an anonymous reviewer for the suggestions and corrections.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil

    Beatriz Monteiro Tavares, Gabriel Samora Chacra Amui, Victória Silva, Thiago Nilton Alves Pereira, Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Carine Cavalcante Chamon & Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  2. Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pedro H. S. Brancalion

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    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  4. Faculdade Eduvale de Avaré, Avaré, São Paulo, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

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Tavares, B.M., Amui, G.S.C., Silva, V. et al. Livestock in Riparian Areas: A Neglected Environmental Issue. Environmental Management 74, 846–852 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02041-w

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