Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

ATENÇÃO DIFERENCIADA ÀS GESTANTES ADOLESCENTES

A Maternidade Escola desde 1975 reconhece a importância da prática multidisciplinar na atenção diferenciada às adolescentes grávidas. Objetivo: Expor a prática multiprofissional do grupo de gestantes adolescentes da Maternidade Escola da UFRJ. Metodologia: O pré-natal acontece em dois dias da semana com grupos de duas horas de duração antes da consulta médica. Participam as gestantes adolescentes e profissionais de Psicologia, Nutrição, Musicoterapia, Serviço Social, Enfermagem, residentes e estagiários. Os temas de saúde da mãe e a do concepto ocorrem através de processo dialógico. Está inclusa a atenção à subjetividade das gestantes que quando necessário serão encaminhadas ao Serviço de Psicologia. Quando as necessidades estão voltadas para área da atenção nutricional estas são encaminhadas ao Serviço de Nutrição ou ao Serviço Social quando as demandas referemse às orientações mais específicas da cidadania. Resultados: As adolescentes muitas vezes nas consultas com os profissionais não discorrem sobre suas questões de saúde, por desconhecimento ou mesmo inibição. A partir da sensibilização as gestantes conseguem no grupo expressar suas dúvidas e questões pessoais facilitando a reflexão por estas e pelos profissionais. Considerações Essa prática contribui para um pré-natal de qualidade acolhendo as necessidades da adolescente grávida.Palavras-chave: Adolescente. Gestação. Saúde