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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1104-1115, July 2026.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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Coexistence in rivers of hunger: Human–otter relations and “Shamans of the Waters” in an Amazonian socioecological system

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The Baniwa Indigenous people of the upper Rio Negro refer to otters as “Shamans of the Water,” recognizing them as guardians of fish populations. During the mid-20th century, however, intensive hunting for the global fur trade drove otters to near local ...
Natalia Camps Pimenta, Natalia Camps Pimenta, Valêncio Walipere Macedo, Jansen Zuanon, Hani El Bizri, Hani El Bizri, Thais Q. Morcatty, Thais Q. Morcatty, Glenn H. Shepard, Adrian Paul Ashton Barnett   +9 more
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Vaccination Coverage Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in Brazil's Indigenous Population

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 98, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Indigenous populations in Brazil were prioritized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) vaccination due to their increased vulnerability. The aim of the study was to describe COVID‐19 vaccination coverage among Indigenous population across Brazilian regions and Special Indigenous Health Districts (DSEIs; acronym for Distritos Sanitários ...
Nathália Mariana Santos Sansone, Patrícia Teixeira Costa, Lucas Silva Mello, Luiz Felipe Azevedo Marques, Vinícius Santiago dos Santos, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson   +5 more
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Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae) with a new infrageneric classification

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract We explore phylogenetic relationships within the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae), test the monophyly of the genera Eriotheca and Pachira, and investigate their biogeographic history. The Pachira s.l. clade comprises ca. 72 species that traditionally have been placed in Eriotheca and Pachira. We sampled ca. 79% of its species
Vania Nobuko Yoshikawa, Júlia Sousa Siqueira, William S. Alverson, Rafaela Passos Camargo, Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf, Letícia Rafaela de Morais, Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Marília Cristina Duarte   +7 more
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Amazonian fish migration as a social–cultural–ecological process

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 3297-3312, December 2025.
Abstract In this study, we highlight the rich perspectives and explanations of fish migration held by Indigenous groups across the Amazon. We present the aspects of Indigenous cosmological stories, drawing from our exploratory review of cultural ethnographies and grey literature, as well as the authors' own experiences. We ask, how do Amazonian peoples
LuLu Victoria‐Lacy, Thiago B. A. Couto, Natalia C. Piland, Jesús Dámaso, Stephannie Fernandes, Simone Athayde, Elizabeth P. Anderson   +6 more
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Dynamics of Genetic Polymorphisms Linked to the Gene for Hemophilia A (F8) in the Brazilian Population

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A Hemofilia A é uma doença sanguínea condicionada por gene localizado no cromossomo X. É causada pela deficiência parcial ou total da atividade do Fator VIII (FVIII), uma glicoproteína plasmática cuja função é necessária para a coagulação normal do ...
Juliana Doblas Massaro
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Fatores explicativos do suicídio pela visão indígena: uma revisão de literatura [PDF]

Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Resumo Objetivo O suicídio indígena no Brasil é um fenômeno epidemiológico, complexo e multifatorial, e a busca pelos seus fatores de risco ainda não trouxe respostas conclusivas.
Geana Baniwa, Marcelo Calegare
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Linguistic Diversification and Rates of Change: Insights From a Diverse Sample of Sociolinguistic Studies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community level. While the phylogenetic approach uses data from hundreds of languages to make cross‐linguistic generalisations, community‐level studies of ...
John Mansfield
wiley   +1 more source

A CONSTRUÇÃO DE DICIONÁRIO BILINGUE E BIDIALETAL PARA LÍNGUA MEDZENIAKONAI (BANIWA - KORIPAKO)

Cadernos de Linguística
Objetivo do presente trabalho é apresentar o resultado preliminar sobre a construção de um dicionário bilíngue e bidialetal Baniwa-koripako-português. O termo Medzeniakonai (Baniwa-Koripako) refere-se tanto ao povo indígena quanto à língua falada pelos ...
Artur Garcia Gonçalves
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