Universidade da Amazônia

From local hubs to regional impact: harnessing the social and solidarity economy in small-scale fisheries

Abstract The global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for more equitable and sustainable pathways by integrating traditional communities into development efforts. Despite these ambitions, challenges persist, as many initiatives, including Social and Solidarity Economy...

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...

Persistent Redox Imbalance in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: Lipid Peroxidation, Antioxidant Enzyme Depletion, and Reduced Nitric Oxide Availability in an Amazonian Population

Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) can persist even after mild acute illness, and oxidative stress has been proposed as a central mechanism for this persistence, although it remains poorly studied in the Amazon. This study characterized redox imbalance in patients with PCS through a co...