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

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

As espiritualidades em psicoterapeutas junguianos e transpessoais: um breve estudo fenomenológico

Spirituality as a human phenomenon presents itself as a significant aspect in the understanding and promotion of health, yet its study was neglected by psychological theories, with the exception of Jung's pioneering studies and the transpersonal approach. In this sense, we aim to present the vision of spirituality among psychologists from the city of Recife (in Brazil) who are guided by these theoretical lines, indicating how this phenomenon is experienced in their professional practices. We performed a phenomenological qualitative research that had as instrument the semi-structured interview with eight psychologists. The data were analyzed according to Bicudo's phenomenological approach and are in agreement with the scientific literature in this field, which indicates that there is no hegemonic definition of spirituality. There are visions of spiritualities, sometimes singular, sometimes common. Spirituality sometimes appears as synonymous with unconditional love, sometimes as access to the transcendent, without denying immanence. It also arises as internal energy and access to the Higher Self or just the Self. In the clinic it is considered as health promoter and approached from the demand in the Jungian perspective and seen as contextual in the transpersonal. We raised reflections on the importance of spirituality to the understanding of human being in its complexity.A espiritualidade enquanto fenômeno humano apresenta-se como aspecto significativo na compreensão e promoção de saúde, contudo seu estudo foi negligenciado pelas teorias psicológicas, com exceção dos estudos pioneiros de Jung e da abordagem transpessoal. Neste sentido, objetivamos apresentar a visão de espiritualidade de psicólogos da cidade do Recife (PE) que se orientam por estas linhas teóricas, indicando como esse fenômeno é vivenciado em suas práticas profissionais. Realizamos uma pesquisa qualitativa de cunho fenomenológico e que teve como instrumento a entrevista semiestruturada com oito psicólogos. Os dados foram analisados segundo a abordagem fenomenológica de Bicudo e encontram-se em consonância com a literatura científica da área, que aponta não haver uma definição hegemônica sobre espiritualidade. Há visões de espiritualidades, às vezes singulares, outras vezes comuns. A espiritualidade aparece por vezes como sinônimo de amor incondicional, ora desponta como acesso ao que é transcendente, sem negar a imanência. Surge como energia interna e acesso ao Eu superior/Self. Na clínica ela é considerada como promotora de saúde e abordada a partir da demanda na perspectiva junguiana e vista como contextual na transpessoal. Levantamos reflexões sobre a importância da espiritualidade na compreensão do ser humano em sua complexidade.La espiritualidad como fenómeno humano se presenta como un aspecto significativo en la comprensión y promoción de la salud. No obstante, su estudio fue descuidado por las teorías psicológicas, con la excepción de los estudios pioneros de Jung y del enfoque transpersonal. En este sentido, objetivamos presentar la visión sobre la espiritualidad de los psicólogos de la ciudad de Recife (Brasil) orientados por estas líneas teóricas, indicando cómo ese fenómeno es vivenciado en sus prácticas profesionales. Realizamos una investigación cualitativa de cuño fenomenológico teniendo como instrumento entrevistas semiestructuradas con la participación de ocho psicólogos. Los datos fueron analizados según el enfoque fenomenológico de Bicudo y se encuentran en consonancia con la literatura científica del área, que apunta no haber una definición hegemónica sobre la espiritualidad. Hay visiones de espiritualidad, a veces singulares, otras veces comunes. La espiritualidad aparece en algún momento como sinónimo de amor incondicional y en otros como acceso a lo que es trascendente, sin negar la inmanencia. Se presenta como energía interna y acceso al Yo Superior/Self. En la clínica ella es considerada como promotora de salud y abordada a partir de la demanda en la perspectiva junguiana y vista como contextual en la transpersonal. Levantamos reflexiones sobre la importancia de la espiritualidad en la comprensión del ser humano en su complejidad

As adolescências periféricas: uma pesquisa-ação integral/transpessoal

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