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Pesticide residues detected in Colossoma macropomum by the modified QuEChERS and GC-MS/MS methods

Acta Scientiarum: Technology, 2023
This study aimed to detect pesticides in the muscle tissue of farmed tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), in relation to good management practices (GMP) and prophylaxis and biosecurity measures.
Ezequiel Ferreira Barbosa , Patrí­cia Conceição Amaral Pereira, Francisco Carlos da Silva, Ítila Bezerra de Mira, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Sandro de Vargas Schons   +5 more
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State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
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Vertical stratification of sand fly diversity in relation to natural infections of Leishmania sp. and blood-meal sources in Jamari National Forest, Rondônia State, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Almost 1000 cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis have been registered yearly in Rondônia State, Brazil. Little is known about the Leishmania transmission cycle (vectors and reservoirs) in the state.
Paula de Oliveira Leão, Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros de Paulo, Luis Paulo Costa Carvalho, Ana Beatriz Nascimento Souza, Michelli Santos da Silva, Thaís Santos Castro, Moisés Thiago de Souza Freitas, Moreno Magalhães de Souza Rodrigues, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros   +10 more
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Update on Ouratea cidiana Sastre (Ochnaceae), a microendemic species from the Amazon: enlightening the identity and conservation status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Ouratea cidiana (Ochnaceae) is a microendemic shrub species from the Brazilian Amazonia, occurring along the banks of the Trombetas River and restricted to the Cachoeira Porteira region, in western Pará State. Since the original collection nearly forty years ago, no additional records have been made, which is concerning given the continuous decline in ...
Clebiana de Sá Nunes, Mayara Dias Caldas, Fúvio Rubens Oliveira‐da‐ Silva, Anna Luiza Ilkiu‐ Borges, André dos Santos Bragança Gil   +4 more
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Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
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Governança Adaptativa em Unidades de Conservação no Estado de Rondônia

RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea
Objetivo: este artigo objetiva descrever a governança adaptativa nas Unidades de Conservação (UCs) no estado de Rondônia, a partir das ações dos conselhos gestores e da percepção dos atores locais.
Diego Cristóvão Alves de Souza Paes, Dércio Bernardes-de-Souza, Carolina Pante, Alessandra Mamede Bastos   +3 more
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Development of Microsatellite Markers for Ex Situ Management of the Harpy Eagle Using Next Generation Sequencing

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), one of the largest birds of prey in the world, is threatened with extinction throughout its entire area of occurrence in the Neotropics. While conservation efforts for the wild populations are crucial, it is also important to focus on ex situ conservation actions.
Mylena Kaizer, Pedro S. Bittencourt, Érico M. Polo, Tânia M. Sanaiotti, Izeni P. Farias, Lorenzo von Fersen, Tomas Hrbek, Aureo Banhos   +7 more
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Composição química e atividade inseticida do extrato acetônico de Piper alatabaccum Trel & Yuncker (Piperaceae) sobre Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2013
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a composição química e avaliar a atividade inseticida do extrato acetônico das raízes de Piper alatabaccum sobre Hypothenemus hampei.
M.R.A. Santos, R.A. Lima, A.G. Silva, C.A.D. Teixeira, I.P.V. Alpirez, V.A. Facundo   +5 more
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Morphometric Evaluations and Yields from Commercial Cuts of Black Pacu Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) in Different Body Weights

The Scientific World Journal, 2021
For the Amazon, it is important to encourage the production of native fish, since there are several species of zootechnical interest. For this, it is necessary to know the species since its acquisition, production, processing, and marketing.
Jucilene Cavali, Beatriz Andrade Nóbrega, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Elvino Ferreira, Marlos Oliveira Porto, Rute Bianchini Pontuschka, Rilke Tadeu Fonseca de Freitas   +6 more
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source