Jean Paul Metzger is a full Professor of Ecology at the University of São Paulo. He obtained his MSc and Ph.D. in Landscape Ecology at the University of Toulouse, France. In the last 25 years, he worked with landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation in highly fragmented landscapes, essentially in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest region. His main research focuses are related to landscape connectivity, ecological thresholds and time-lag responses to landscape changes, and conservation planning. More recently, he is exploring the relationships between landscape structure, ecosystem services, and human well-being, and investigating environmental policies' efficiency to manage multifunctional landscapes. He also uses extensive modeling and scenario approaches to link landscape-level processes with restoration processes. He has published over 180 papers in various journals, including Science, Nature, Landscape Ecology, Ecological Applications, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecography, Oikos, Biological Conservation, among others. Those manuscripts have accumulated ca. 13,000 citations, resulting in an H-index of 55 (April 2023, Scopus database). He has supervised 30 M.Sc. dissertations, 20 doctoral theses, and 17 post-doctoral projects. He was the founder of the Brazilian Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE-BR) and vice-president of IALE (2013-2015). He was Associate Editor of ?Biological Conservation? (2005-2010), and currently is a member of the editorial board of ?Landscape Ecology? and ?Current Landscape Ecology Report?, and Editor-in-Chief of ?Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation?. He was Lead Author in three assessments of The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): ?Models and Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?, ?Land Degradation and Restoration? and ?Americas?. He was also co-chair of the Brazilian Assessment (https://www.bpbes.net.br). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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| El combate contra las catástrofes requiere de análisis de proyecciones climáticas |
| Combating disasters requires analysis of climate projections |
| Las metamorfosis del Bosque Atlántico |
| The Metamorphoses of the Atlantic Forest |
| The gears of the forest |
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This proposal seeks to create a nucleus of analysis and synthesis of nature-based solutions (the BIOTA SYNTHESIS) aimed at solving socio-environmental problems presented by the government of the state of São Paulo, with a focus on demands that have been put forward by the Secretariats of Infrastructure and Environment, Agriculture and Supply, and Health. The research approach is inspired …
Landscape change, due to activities such as urban development and expanding agriculture, have far reaching consequences for the sustainable provision of different ecosystem services, such as carbon storage/sequestration, water regulation, and pests/diseases control. Vet, our understanding of the socio-ecological processes that link the structure of landscapes with the provision of ecosyst…
This project is part of the "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Scenarios Network" (ScenNet), which is a large networking project involving nine different countries. The goal of the ScenNet project is to strengthen national and international ties between (AU)
Faced with the challenge of planning multifunctional landscapes to ensure the retention of both original biological diversity and ecosystem functions, as well as agricultural production, this project aims to investigate how parameters of landscape structure directly or indirectly regulates key ecosystem services through influencing a series of distinct ecological processes. As ecosystem s…
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The benefits provided by natural areas to human well-being, the so-called "ecosystem services", have been widely studied. However, the relationship between these services and human health is still an expanding field of research. Many ecosystem services are directly or indirectly linked to human health and to the occurrence of certain diseases, particularly in urban environments. The provi…
Studies have investigated the association between green areas and quality of health and well-being in urban areas, as well as the ability of these areas to retain species diversity in cities. These investigations have, on the one hand, found a negative association between the presence of green areas in urban areas and mortality, cardiovascular diseases and violence; and, on the other hand…
Zoonotic diseases, those transmitted from animals to humans, represent a significant threat to global public health, causing millions of deaths each year and resulting in significant economic losses. Studies have shown that their occurrence and increased incidence are related to climatic factors and anthropic action, especially the conversion of native environments to other uses. For exam…
The expansion and intensification promoted by the green revolution doubled the Agriculture production; however, the Agricultural activity is responsible for up to 70% of the terrestrial biodiversity loss. In this regard, the process of ecological intensification, based on the management of organisms providers of Ecosystem Services (ES) important to crops (e.g. pollination), is a valuable …
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Socioeconomic changes, driven by trade and human mobility, have exerted a significant influence on the global distribution of vector-borne diseases. Among these vectors, the Aedes mosquito has expanded its distribution due to various anthropogenic factors. In urban areas, Aedes mosquitoes have found favorable conditions for their proliferation, posing a significant risk of arbovirus infec…
Nature-based solutions (NBSs) have gained recognition as interventions that address societal challenges while providing multiple benefits and co-benefits in a sustainable and adaptive manner. As cities face increasing climate change impacts and environmental challenges, urban NBSs have emerged as key allies in climate adaptation efforts. However, a comprehensive understanding of the relat…
The expansion and intensification of agriculture promoted by the green revolution allowed a two-fold increase in yield. Nevertheless, conventional agriculture is projected to be responsible for 70% of terrestrial biodiversity losses in the future. In that context, the ecological intensification of agriculture, based on favoring organisms providing vital ecosystem services for crops, such …
Reconciling biodiversity conservation with sustainable agricultural production is a major challenge. The cross-habitat spillover is a key process relating biodiversity in native patches to regulating ecosystem services (such as natural pest control) in-agricultural landscapes. Top-down pest suppression by naturally occurring natural enemies (often birds) is a promising alternative control…
Yellow fever is a hemorrhagic fever that affects about 200,000 people annually in the endemic regions. It is transmitted in its wild cycle through the bite of infected Haemagogus spp. and Sabethes spp. mosquitos, which are arboreal and abundant in fragmented and degrades landscapes. Connectivity among habitats is important for a wide range of ecological processes, including disease transm…
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