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Context: The Amazon plays a crucial role in international strategies to mitigate the global climate and biodiversity crises. Its ecosystems are among the world's most biodiverse and contribute to environmental services at different spatial scales. However, multiple anthropogenic and climatic disturbances are threatening the Amazonian biodiversity and ecosystems.
The challenge: Our ability to conduct synthesis research aiming to understand the patterns and drivers of Amazonian biodiversity, and to transpose results from the scientific frontier to applications in society, is limited by several challenges. For example, most biodiversity databases (global and national) are focused on terrestrial flora and vertebrate fauna, and/or receive only species occurrence data, and/or do not have technological tools that integrate and standardize data from different sources and studies. In addition, most studies of Amazonian biodiversity focus on specific taxa and/or regions, without integrating aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and/or assessing the ecological impacts of multiple disturbances.
The solution: The INCT-SinBiAm will establish a transdisciplinary and inter-institutional network of synthesis research on Amazonian terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, enabling the continuity of efforts initiated through the Synergize Project funded by Sinbiose/CNPq. SinBiAm will produce highly-relevant outcomes for decision-making and will strengthen associated laboratories inside and outside the large urban centres of the North region in Brazil.
Methods: Through the compilation, organization, and synthesis of previously collected data, as well as different educational and scientific dissemination actions, SinBiAm (1) will bring scientific and technological advances, (2) will guide future research, practices and public policies; and (3) will provide training for the future generations of decision-makers, educators and scientists from, and working in, the Amazon.
The challenge: Our ability to conduct synthesis research aiming to understand the patterns and drivers of Amazonian biodiversity, and to transpose results from the scientific frontier to applications in society, is limited by several challenges. For example, most biodiversity databases (global and national) are focused on terrestrial flora and vertebrate fauna, and/or receive only species occurrence data, and/or do not have technological tools that integrate and standardize data from different sources and studies. In addition, most studies of Amazonian biodiversity focus on specific taxa and/or regions, without integrating aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and/or assessing the ecological impacts of multiple disturbances.
The solution: The INCT-SinBiAm will establish a transdisciplinary and inter-institutional network of synthesis research on Amazonian terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, enabling the continuity of efforts initiated through the Synergize Project funded by Sinbiose/CNPq. SinBiAm will produce highly-relevant outcomes for decision-making and will strengthen associated laboratories inside and outside the large urban centres of the North region in Brazil.
Methods: Through the compilation, organization, and synthesis of previously collected data, as well as different educational and scientific dissemination actions, SinBiAm (1) will bring scientific and technological advances, (2) will guide future research, practices and public policies; and (3) will provide training for the future generations of decision-makers, educators and scientists from, and working in, the Amazon.
| Acronym | INCT-SynBiAm |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/23 → 31/12/28 |
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