Reservoirs and human well being: new challenges for evaluating impacts and benefits in the neotropics/Reservatorios e o bem estar humano: novos desafios para avaliar os impactos e os beneficios nas regioes neotropicais

As in many other continents, neotropical ecosystems are impacted by the construction of reservoirs. These artificial ecosystems change considerably the natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity. The multiple uses of reservoirs promote benefits for the human beings in terms of...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of biology 2008-12, Vol.68 (5), p.1133
Main Authors: Tundisi, J.G, Matsumura-Tundisi, T, Tundisi, J.E.M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:As in many other continents, neotropical ecosystems are impacted by the construction of reservoirs. These artificial ecosystems change considerably the natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity. The multiple uses of reservoirs promote benefits for the human beings in terms of economic development, income, jobs and employment. Services of reservoirs are important assets for the regional ecosystem. Evaluation of ecosystem services produced by artificial reservoirs, are new challenges to the understanding of the cost/benefit relationships of reservoir construction in the neotropics.
ISSN:1519-6984