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English to Portuguese: Remaining suitable areas for the critically endangered Brazilian Merganser General field: Science Detailed field: Environment & Ecology
Source text - English The critically endangered Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus is one of the rarest waterfowls of the world, remaining less than 250 individuals in three isolated populations in the Brazilian Cerrado. We evaluated the potential influence of planned small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) on the species and the amount of suitable areas in strictly Protected Areas (PAs). We identified suitable areas by using recent presence records and functional environmental predictors, and overlapped them within a 20 km buffer around the presence records (dispersion zone) and in the 3 km buffer around the SHPs (impact zone). Suitable areas for the Brazilian Merganser are reduced to only 4% of the geographic space (142,899 km2) in Central Brazil. Within the dispersion zone, we found 36 planned SHPs, which can impact 4.1% of the dispersion zone’s suitable area and 17.2% of the suitable area inside PAs. Our results expose the critical situation of the Brazilian Merganser, with few isolated suitable areas, high potential impacts for the three known populations, and a high proportion of suitable areas out of PAs. We highlight the urgency of effective conservation actions aiming to protect the remaining suitable habitats for the species and to reduce the potential impact of SHPs on population survival.
Translation - Portuguese O pato-mergulhão Mergus octosetaceus, criticamente em perigo, é uma das aves aquáticas mais raras do mundo, tendo menos que 250 indivíduos em três populações isoladas no cerrado brasileiro. Nós avaliamos a potencial influência de pequenas hidrelétricas na espécie e a quantidade de áreas adequadas em áreas de proteção ambiental (APAs). Nós identificamos áreas adequadas usando registros de presença recentes e indicadores ambientais funcionais e coincidimos ambos dentro de uma área de 20km ao redor dos registros de presença (zona de dispersão) e em uma área de 3km ao redor das zonas de impacto (SHPs). Áreas adequadas para o pato-mergulhão são reduzidos a apenas 4% do espaço geográfico (142,899km²) do centro-oeste. Dentro da zona de dispersão, nós achamos 36 zonas de impacto planejadas, as quais podem afetar 4.1% da área adequada da zona de dispersão e 17.2% das áreas adequadas dentro das APAs. Nossos resultados expõem a situação crítica do pato-mergulhão, com poucas e isoladas áreas adequadas, alto potencial de impacto para as três populações conhecidas e uma alta proporção de áreas adequadas fora de APAs. Nós realçamos a urgência de ações de conservação efetivas, visando proteger os habitats adequados restantes para a espécie e reduzir o potencial impacto de SHPs na sobrevivência das populações conhecidas.
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For the past 10 years I have been an English teacher and have worked throughout South-East Asia teaching children and adults English as a second language (ESL). I am a translator with experience in Medical and Scientific articles for journal publishing. I hold a cambridge proficiency certificate (C2) am highly adaptable and feedback driven. For the past three years I have worked online, so I am used to managing my time and responsibilities in a home office environment.
