O QUE NÓS (NÃO) SABEMOS SOBRE OS PROGRAMAS DE REPRODUÇÃO EM CATIVEIRO E REINTRODUÇÃO DE ESPÉCIES DA FAUNA? UMA ANÁLISE GLOBAL

Abstract

Animal biodiversity has been decreasing year after year due to the constant threats that the fauna faces, such as hunting pressure, illegal traffic, fragmentation, expansion of urban roads close to the habitats of these animals, predation, loss of territory for invasive species, pollution, among other problems that show the urgency in decision making regarding solutions for conservation. For such measures, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has guidelines that classify according to the severity of the degree of threat that each species encounters, with the threatened ones listed under “Vulnerable - VU”, “In Danger - EN” and “ Critically Endangered - CR ”. In view of the above, this research proposed to make a scientometric analysis covering all taxonomic groups through a global analysis. We searched in the databases (Web of Science and Scopus) the search terms "Breeding in Captivity" and "Reintroduction Program" seeking to know if the species that have studies focused on conservation are in fact in the threat categories. A total of 171 articles were considered, however, most of the target species were in categories that do not characterize a threat. The results showed us that despite having been considered a large volume of articles, there is still much to be studied within these three categories of threat regardless of the taxonomic group.