Urbanization is a global phenomenon with strong sustainability implications across multiple
scales. We argue that much of the associated challenges, and opportunities, are found in the …

Ongoing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the outcome of an explicit federal project to
occupy, integrate, and “modernize” the region. Although there have been isolated periods of …

Infrastructure development and overfishing in the Amazon make it imperative to define
adequate scales for the ecosystem‐based management of commercial fisheries and the …

To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a
broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these …

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to tropical biodiversity. In
addition to the direct removal of native vegetation, agricultural expansion often elicits other …

For millennia humans have extracted biological and physical resources from the planet to
sustain societies and enable the development of technology and infrastructure. Growth in …

Abstract Neotropical Ichthyology promotes the Special Issue (SI)“Human impacts and the
loss of Neotropical freshwater fish diversity” with the purpose of publishing relevant scientific …

Migratory species are the most important commercial fishes in the Amazon. They are also
now the most threatened directly by some combination of overfishing, floodplain …

Scientists increasingly draw on fishers' ecological knowledge (FEK) to gain a better
understanding of fish biology and ecology, and inform options for fisheries management. We …

Gillnets, which are frequently used in small-scale fisheries (SSF), raise concerns regarding
bycatch and conservation. This study evaluates the context of use and the potential …