News from Latin America

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3-Dec-2021

A conservation incentive yields increase of protected Atlantic Rainforest areas, but with limited results

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The ICMS-E mechanism, whereby states pay municipalities to conserve biodiversity and water resources, is effective but its impact decreases as the number of conservation units increases. In addition, it mainly stimulates creation of units with relatively few restrictions on land use change.

Journal

Ecological Economics

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

1-Dec-2021

Modified protein from rattlesnake venom permits development of drug to modulate blood clotting

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Procedure tested by researchers in Brazil and Belgium made the molecule more stable in the organism. Potential applications include anti-coagulants and wound dressings.

Journal

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

1-Dec-2021

Eat, Grow, Save Agrobiodiversity: Congress gathers participants from around the globe

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Reports and Proceedings

The 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress brought together over 3,100 participants from varied sectors in a 4-day virtual event to explore the role of agricultural biodiversity in transforming our food systems.

30-Nov-2021

Researchers, practitioners and community members call for greater inclusion in ecosystem restoration

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Restoration efforts hold unique potential for improving environmental outcomes and human wellbeing. They are the focus of the recently launched UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Yet, ignoring the social dimensions of environmental initiatives is likely to fail to achieve ecological and other objectives. Ten people-centered rules for successful restoration are proposed by experts involved in restoration efforts around the globe.

Journal

Restoration Ecology

29-Nov-2021

Do official vital records of maternal death detect specific effects of new pandemic viruses?

MELISA Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A natural experiment carried out during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic found that vital records of births and maternal deaths in Argentine have reached sufficient sensitivity to detect specific effects of new pandemic viruses during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. The results are relevant for epidemiological surveillance of other emerging viruses in the region, including SARS-CoV-2.

Journal

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Funder

The San Ramón Research Foundation

23-Nov-2021

eDNA sequencing will enable scientists to explore piscine diversity in the Amazon without catching fish

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An article on the research published in the journal Scientific Reports also discusses the limitations of the technique for the study of environments as highly diverse as Amazonia.

Journal

Scientific Reports

23-Nov-2021

New species of green microalga identified in São Paulo

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The discovery resulted in phylogenetic reclassification of microalgae in the genus Nephrocytium. An article on the research is in Taxon.

Journal

Taxon

18-Nov-2021

Study reveals factors in metabolism that can enhance efficiency of treatment for gynecologic tumors

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The findings, published in Gynecologic Oncology, pave the way to the development of a blood test that can be performed by a physician at the time of diagnosis to help personalize treatment.

Journal

Gynecologic Oncology

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

16-Nov-2021

Life experience shapes dogs’ interaction with humans

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo analyzed how dogs living inside the home exchange looks with their owners to obtain food or other desired objects, comparing them with those who live outside the home and in shelters.

Journal

Behavioural Processes

Funder

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

12-Nov-2021

The challenge of forest restoration: where to obtain tens of billions of quality seeds

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With commitments to restore more than 47.5 million hectares of degraded land and forests by 2030, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India will need an estimated 157 billion high-quality seeds and saplings. New research shows there are significant challenges in procuring this essential land restoration material.

Journal

Diversity