- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Marine animal studies overview
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá
2019-2024
Sustainable Development Institute
2023
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
2021
Universidade da Amazônia
2020
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
2012-2013
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
2012
The switch from hunting wild meat for home consumption to supplying more lucrative city markets in Amazonia can adversely affect some game species. Despite this, information on the amounts of eaten Amazonian cities is still limited. We estimated rates 5 State Amazonas Brazil through 1046 door-to-door household interviews conducted 2004 2012. With these data, we modeled relationship between use and a selection socioeconomic indices. then scaled up our model determine likely be consumed...
Abstract The trade in wild meat is an important economic component of rural people's livelihoods, but it has been perceived to be among the main causes decline wildlife species. Recently, COVID‐19 pandemic brought light additional concern markets as a major human‐health challenge. We analyzed data from largest longitudinal monitoring (1973–2018) most urban wild‐meat Iquitos, Peru, examine trends and impacts these on livelihoods. Over last 45 years, sales increased at rate 6.4 t/year (SD...
Scientists have warned for several years that food systems become major drivers of environmental degradation, malnutrition, and insecurity. In this paper, we present arguments from specialists suggest that, in the transition to more sustainable systems, biodiversity security can be mutually supportive, rather than conflicting goals. We divided opinions these scientists into two "Big Topics". First, they examine synergies challenges intersection security. second section, explain how various...
Wild animals are an important source of food and income throughout the Amazon basin, particularly for forest-dependent communities living in more remote regions. Through interviews 51 households within 16 Jutaí River Extractive Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil, we determined animal taxa consumed frequency wild meat consumption, as well patterns trade. We then investigated influence social biological factors on consumption People declared consuming average 3.2 ± 2.8 days/month/household, amounting...
Abstract Involving communities in sustainable wildlife management tropical forests can ensure food security and livelihoods of millions forest dwellers that depend on wild meat, also safeguard hunted species. Mathematical models have been developed to assess hunting sustainability; but these require empirical information reproductive parameters the prey species, often challenging obtain. Here, we suggest if local people accurately identify status animals field, data could fill existing...
Implementing sustainable management strategies for common-use resources influences the territorialization processes of traditional peoples and communities. This article aims to provide historical context on use natural in Amanã Lake region, Maraã-AM. It also seeks describe territorial boundaries hunting areas one riverine community, presenting a proposal establishing subsistence hunting. The data cover fifty-year period were obtained through semi-structured interviews, systematic mapping...
Home gardens are a traditional land use practice, which is very common in the tropics. The main goal of home garden to produce food for subsistence purposes. Therefore, they have been considered important from an economic, cultural and ecological point view. Despite their importance, there has lack research these environments Northeastern Brazil. This was carried out rural community belonging Areia City (Paraiba, Brazil), aimed study floristic diversity contribution conservation local...
Neste estudo, buscou-se informações sobre conhecimento e usos tradicionais de Myracrodruon urundeuva,uma espécie ameaçada, em duas comunidades rurais no município Soledade, estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil.Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com chefes domiciliares, 16 Barrocas 28 Cachoeira, procurandodistinguir os atuais dos potenciais. Com a finalidade se coletar demográficas população M.urundeuva, foram realizados levantamentos, registrando todos indivíduos circunferência...
A adoção de estratégias manejo sustentável recursos uso comum é uma forma interferir nos processos territorialização povos e comunidades tradicionais. Este artigo visa contextualizar historicamente o naturais na região do lago Amanã, Maraã-AM, descrever a delimitação territorial as áreas caça comunidade ribeirinha apresentar proposta zoneamento para da subsistência. Os dados abrangem um recorte temporal cinquenta anos foram obtidos através entrevistas semiestruturadas, mapeamento sistemático...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented political, economic, and social impact, aggravating global food insecurity (FI). We measured the prevalence severity of FI before during in South America, to understand its impact how this was distributed across socio-economic groups. On total, we surveyed 18,997 households seven countries on using Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) developed by Agriculture Organization (FAO). Before pandemic, approximately 4.5% (19.39 million) American...