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Published in: Environmental Management 4/2021

02-08-2021

Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin

Authors: Fernando Mayer Pelicice, Angelo Antonio Agostinho, Alberto Akama, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Valter M. Azevedo-Santos, Marcus Vinicius Moreira Barbosa, Luis Mauricio Bini, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes Brito, Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro, Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi, Priscilla Carvalho, Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho, Leandro Castello, Davi Borges das Chagas, Carine Cavalcante Chamon, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Vanessa Salete Daga, Murilo Sversut Dias, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho, Philip Fearnside, Wagner de Melo Ferreira, Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia, Tiago Kutter Krolow, Rodrigo Ferreira Kruger, Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior, Solange de Fátima Lolis, Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes, Rafael Dias Loyola, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Adriana Malvasio, Paulo De Marco Jr., Pedro Ribeiro Martins, Rosana Mazzoni, João Carlos Nabout, Mário Luis Orsi, Andre Andrian Padial, Hasley Rodrigo Pereira, Thiago Nilton Alves Pereira, Phamela Bernardes Perônico, Miguel Petrere Jr., Renato Torres Pinheiro, Etiene Fabbrin Pires, Paulo Santos Pompeu, Thiago Costa Gonçalves Portelinha, Edson Eyji Sano, Vagner Leonardo Macedo dos Santos, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, Idelina Gomes da Silva, Lucas Barbosa e Souza, Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro, Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Fabrício Barreto Teresa, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Livia Helena Tonella, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Jansen Zuanon

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Abstract

The Tocantins-Araguaia Basin is one of the largest river systems in South America, located entirely within Brazilian territory. In the last decades, capital-concentrating activities such as agribusiness, mining, and hydropower promoted extensive changes in land cover, hydrology, and environmental conditions. These changes are jeopardizing the basin’s biodiversity and ecosystem services. Threats are escalating as poor environmental policies continue to be formulated, such as environmentally unsustainable hydropower plants, large-scale agriculture for commodity production, and aquaculture with non-native fish. If the current model persists, it will deepen the environmental crisis in the basin, compromising broad conservation goals and social development in the long term. Better policies will require thought and planning to minimize growing threats and ensure the basin’s sustainability for future generations.

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Metadata
Title
Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin
Authors
Fernando Mayer Pelicice
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Alberto Akama
José Dilermando Andrade Filho
Valter M. Azevedo-Santos
Marcus Vinicius Moreira Barbosa
Luis Mauricio Bini
Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes Brito
Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro
Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi
Priscilla Carvalho
Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho
Leandro Castello
Davi Borges das Chagas
Carine Cavalcante Chamon
Guarino Rinaldi Colli
Vanessa Salete Daga
Murilo Sversut Dias
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho
Philip Fearnside
Wagner de Melo Ferreira
Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia
Tiago Kutter Krolow
Rodrigo Ferreira Kruger
Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse
Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior
Solange de Fátima Lolis
Fabyano Alvares Cardoso Lopes
Rafael Dias Loyola
André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães
Adriana Malvasio
Paulo De Marco Jr.
Pedro Ribeiro Martins
Rosana Mazzoni
João Carlos Nabout
Mário Luis Orsi
Andre Andrian Padial
Hasley Rodrigo Pereira
Thiago Nilton Alves Pereira
Phamela Bernardes Perônico
Miguel Petrere Jr.
Renato Torres Pinheiro
Etiene Fabbrin Pires
Paulo Santos Pompeu
Thiago Costa Gonçalves Portelinha
Edson Eyji Sano
Vagner Leonardo Macedo dos Santos
Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro
Idelina Gomes da Silva
Lucas Barbosa e Souza
Francisco Leonardo Tejerina-Garro
Mariana Pires de Campos Telles
Fabrício Barreto Teresa
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Livia Helena Tonella
Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Jansen Zuanon
Publication date
02-08-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Environmental Management / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0364-152X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01513-7

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