Caatinga: The Largest Tropical Dry Forest Region in South America

The Caatinga: understanding the challenges. - Diversity and evolution of the flowering plants of the Caatinga Domain.- Ants of the Caatinga: diversity, biogeography and functional responses to anthropogenic disturbance and climate change.- iversity, distribution and conservation of the Caatinga fishes: advances and challenges.-Ecology, biogeography and conservation of amphibians of the Caatinga.- Species composition, biogeography and conservation of the Caatinga Lizards.-The avifauna of the Caatinga: biogeography, ecology, and conservation.- Mammals of the Caatinga: diversity, ecology, biogeography and conservation.-Plant-animal interactions in the Caatinga: overview and perspectives.- Water as capital and its uses in the Caatinga.- People and natural resources in the Caatinga.- Cultural Services in the Caatinga.- Human impacts on the Caatinga

14. The socioecology of the Caatinga: understanding how natural resource use shapes an ecosystem

15. Future climate change in the Caatinga

Part V Solutions

16. Sustainable agricultural uses in the Caatinga

17. Conservation opportunities in the Caatinga

18. Sustainable development in the Caatinga

Part VI Conclusions

19. The future of the Caatinga