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T1 - Brazilian public funding for biodiversity research in the Amazon
AU - Stegmann, L.F.
AU - França, F.M.
AU - Carvalho, R.L.
AU - Barlow, J.
AU - Berenguer, E.
AU - Castello, L.
AU - Juen, L.
AU - Baccaro, F.B.
AU - Vieira, I.C.G.
AU - Nunes, C.A.
AU - Oliveira, R.
AU - Venticinque, E.M.
AU - Schietti, J.
AU - Ferreira, J.
PY - 2024/3/31
Y1 - 2024/3/31
N2 - The Brazilian Amazon is one of Earth’s most biodiverse and ecologically important regions. However, research investments for biodiversity in the biome are disproportionately low compared with other regions of Brazil. In 2022, the Amazon received 13% of master's, doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and hosted 11% of all researchers working in biodiversity postgraduate programs. Amazonian institutions received approximately 10% of all federal budget spent on grants and scholarships and about 23% of all resources destined to support long-term ecological sites. The cities of Manaus and Belém concentrate about 90% of all grants and scholarships available for the entire region. Despite per capita research investment in the Amazon being equal to or better than that available for the more economically developed regions of Brazil, the distribution of resources by area is highly unequal. Increasing research funding for the Amazon region requires differential input by federal agencies and more transnational collaborations and integration between Amazonian programs and international funds.
AB - The Brazilian Amazon is one of Earth’s most biodiverse and ecologically important regions. However, research investments for biodiversity in the biome are disproportionately low compared with other regions of Brazil. In 2022, the Amazon received 13% of master's, doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and hosted 11% of all researchers working in biodiversity postgraduate programs. Amazonian institutions received approximately 10% of all federal budget spent on grants and scholarships and about 23% of all resources destined to support long-term ecological sites. The cities of Manaus and Belém concentrate about 90% of all grants and scholarships available for the entire region. Despite per capita research investment in the Amazon being equal to or better than that available for the more economically developed regions of Brazil, the distribution of resources by area is highly unequal. Increasing research funding for the Amazon region requires differential input by federal agencies and more transnational collaborations and integration between Amazonian programs and international funds.
KW - Amazon
KW - Biodiversity research
KW - Science policy
KW - Brazil
U2 - 10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.pecon.2024.01.003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
JF - Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
SN - 2530-0644
IS - 1
ER -