Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Natural forests are key for bryophyte conservation, while active land-use reveals homogenous communities with low richness, new records, and habitat indicators in the Eastern Amazon

Abstract The implementation of strategies that integrate land use with biodiversity conservation has never been more urgent in the Brazilian Amazon. Here, we compared the effects of land-use types characterized by family farming and low-intensity management systems on the communi...

New contributions to the leaf anatomy of eight Vanilla (Orchidaceae) species occurring in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract Vanilla is a pantropical genus of 130 vine species, most of which are nomadic. It is most diverse in Brazil, which hosts thirteen endemic species, including two in the Amazon, its second-richest domain. Vanilla exhibits high morphological diversity, although identifying...

From Conflict to Conservation: The Medicinal Use of Eunectes murinus Fat in the Amazon Floodplain

Phytotherapy and zootherapy remain widely used by traditional populations, often as the only alternative due to limited access to pharmacies and hospitals. This scenario has contributed to the development of generational knowledge about the medicinal properties of plants and anim...

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Abstract Amazonia is highly sensitive to climate extremes, yet we lack an Amazon-wide assessment that examines the spatial-temporal changes in these extreme conditions. We address this within seasons and across the hydrological year, using a quantiles approach that integrates the...

Amazon Forgotten Fishes. How the remarkable diversity of freshwater fishes is critical to people, rivers and forest

Across the vast sweep of the Amazon Basin, thousands of rivers, streams and floodplain lakes flow in an immense, interconnected waterscape— home to an unparalleled diversity of freshwater fishes. More than 2,700 species have so far been recorded, with dozens more added each year...

Bertholletia excelsa Shell–Based Wood–Plastic with Upcycled Polypropylene: An Amazonian Feedstock for Circular Bioeconomy Applications

Environmental accumulation issues arise from discarded waste, synthetic, and natural polymers in landfills, whose slow degradation exacerbates the problem. These materials can be upcycled as renewable feedstocks and properly reused. Therefore, this research examines the fabricati...