Affiliation
IIED
Date Of Record Entry
Type of wild species covered by the record
Wild species used in significantly modified habitat (e.g., oil palm plantations, rice paddies)
Stage of the value chain covered by the record
Unknown/not recorded
Record Source
Scientific publication (e.g., journal articles and book chapters independently peer-reviewed)
Effects of Harvesting on Population Structure of Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) Ching) in Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
Stable
Is the species endemic HIDE
No
Population Status
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
National Level
Unknown/not recorded
Threats/Pressures impacting the conservation of the species
Population Trend
Decreasing
Sub-national Level
Unknown/not recorded
Name
Emma Hemmerlé
Scientific Name
Rumohra adiantiformis
Common Name(s)
Leatherleaf Fern
Leather Fern
Type of Use
Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
If extractive, for the target species, is this use
Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of
The whole entire organism
Details of parts/products taken
In general, all fronds longer than 30 cm are harvested.
How is the primary use carried out?
Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Income generation from trade at individual or household or community
Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
What is the trend in the level of offtake within the period covered by this record?
Is there a regulatory or customary regime in place to govern this use?
Geographic Location
Country
Brazil
Sub region/state
Rio Grande do Sul
Name
Maquiné
Site Description
The study was conducted in an area of Atlantic Rainforest in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Four populations were studied in Maquiné, a municipality in the northern coastal region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;
Is the site legally/formally protected?
Unknown/not recorded
Ownership
Management
Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
National / local private sector
International private sector
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Details of assessment carried out
Fast frond regeneration and the absence of differences between managed and non-managed populations concerning the proportions of buds and young fronds corroborate the ecological sustainability of the management system used by the local harvesters.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
No
Contribution to GDP
Unknown/not recorded
Food
Energy
Medicine/healthcare
Education
Training/Skills
Land/Resource Rights
Decision Making
Conflict- people
Conflict- wildlife
Climate Change
Has the use of the species been recorded as resulting in changes to human health in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the species in use been noted as being of particular disease risk to humans?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the use of the species resulted in changes to animal welfare in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Are there particular practices which have increased the risk to human or animal health or welfare in the use of this species?
Unknown/not recorded
Does the use of this species increase susceptibility to pathogen spread?
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Biological characteristics of target species
Absent
Is this use legal or illegal?
Source Reference(s)
Cristina Baldauf, Maurício Sedrez Dos Reis "Effects of Harvesting on Population Structure of Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) Ching) in Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest," American Fern Journal, 100(3), 148-158, (1 July 2010)
Threats/pressures impacting the species at the scale of this record
Who is involved in the use?
Is there any gender/age specificity in the various roles
Unknown/not recorded
How many of these local jobs accure to the following categories?
How many people outside the local area are employed
Is there any evidence of other economic benefits associated with this use beyond direct income and jobs
Unknown/Not recorded
Scale of Assessment
IUCN National Red List Category
IUCN Global Red List Category
Green Status Global Category
Yearly Financial Flows
No assessment recorded
Yes, considered sustainable
Country reference