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Aquaculture expansion in Brazilian freshwaters against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Ambio volume 47, pages 427–440 (2018)Cite this article

Abstract

The Convention on Biological Diversity proposed the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to improve conservation policies and to balance economic development, social welfare, and the maintenance of biodiversity/ecosystem services. Brazil is a signatory of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and is the most diverse country in terms of freshwater fish, but its national policies have supported the development of unsustainable commercial and ornamental aquaculture, which has led to serious disturbances to inland ecosystems and natural resources. We analyzed the development of Brazilian aquaculture to show how current aquaculture expansion conflicts with all 20 Aichi Targets. This case suggests that Brazil and many other megadiverse developing countries will not meet international conservation targets, stressing the need for new strategies, such as the environmental management system, to improve biodiversity conservation.

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We thank Edson Kiyoshi Okada for providing the photo and anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions on the manuscript. André L. B. Magalhães and Valter M. Azevedo-Santos received CAPES scholarships, and Dilermando P. Lima Jr, Fernando M. Pelicice, Jean R. S. Vitule, and Angelo A. Agostinho received CNPq research grants.

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  1. Aquatic Ecosystems Ecology and Conservation Laboratory– Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Rodovia MT 100, Km 3.5, Setor Universitário, Pontal do Araguaia, MT, CEP 78.698-000, Brazil

    Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior

  2. Graduate Program in Technologies for the Sustainable Development – Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Rodovia MG 443, KM 7, Fazenda do Cadete, Ouro Branco, MG, CEP 36.420-000, Brazil

    André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães

  3. Núcleo de Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice

  4. Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Environmental Engineering Department, Technology Sector – Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, CEP 81.531-970, Brazil

    Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule

  5. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos

  6. Fish Ecology and Biological Invasions Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, CEP 86.057-970, Brazil

    Mário Luís Orsi

  7. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Daniel Simberloff

  8. Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura (NUPELIA), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Colombo, 5790, Maringá, PR, CEP 87020-900, Brazil

    Angelo Antônio Agostinho

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Lima Junior, D.P., Magalhães, A.L.B., Pelicice, F.M. et al. Aquaculture expansion in Brazilian freshwaters against the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Ambio 47, 427–440 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-1001-z

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Keywords

  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Blue revolution
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Environmental management system
  • Megadiversity
  • Non-native invasive species