Author | Codeço, Claudia T. | |
Author | Dal’Asta, Ana P. | |
Author | Rorato, Ana C. | |
Author | Lana, Raquel M. | |
Author | Neves, Tatiana C. | |
Author | Andreazzi, Cecilia S. | |
Author | Barbosa, Milton | |
Author | Escada, Maria I. S. | |
Author | Fernandes, Danilo A. | |
Author | Rodrigues, Danuzia L. | |
Author | Reis, Isabel C. | |
Author | Nunes, Monica Silva | |
Author | Gontijo, Alexandre B. | |
Author | Coelho, Flavio C. | |
Author | Monteiro, Antonio M. V. | |
Access date | 2021-11-29T20:57:10Z | |
Available date | 2021-11-29T20:57:10Z | |
Document date | 2021 | |
Citation | CODEÇO, Claudia T. et al. Epidemiology, Biodiversity, and Technological Trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon: From Malaria to COVID-19. Frontiers in Public Health, v. 9, Article 647754, p. 1-14, July 2021. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 2296-2565 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/50100 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Frontiers Media | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Biodiversidade | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Amazônia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Serviço de Ecossistema | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trajetória tecnológica | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | EpIdemiologia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | COVID-19 | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doenças tropicais negligenciadas | pt_BR |
Title | Epidemiology, Biodiversity, and Technological Trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon: From Malaria to COVID-19 | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.647754 | |
Abstract | The Amazon biome is under severe threat due to increasing deforestation rates
and loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services while sustaining a high burden of
neglected tropical diseases. Approximately two thirds of this biome are located within
Brazilian territory. There, socio-economic and environmental landscape transformations
are linked to the regional agrarian economy dynamics, which has developed into
six techno-productive trajectories (TTs). These TTs are the product of the historical
interaction between Peasant and Farmer and Rancher practices, technologies and
rationalities. This article investigates the distribution of the dominant Brazilian Amazon
TTs and their association with environmental degradation and vulnerability to neglected
tropical diseases. The goal is to provide a framework for the joint debate of the local
economic, environmental and health dimensions. We calculated the dominant TT for
each municipality in 2017. Peasant trajectories (TT1, TT2, and TT3) are dominant in
ca. fifty percent of the Amazon territory, mostly concentrated in areas covered by
continuous forest where malaria is an important morbidity and mortality cause. Cattle
raising trajectories are associated with higher deforestation rates.Meanwhile, Farmer and
Rancher economies are becoming dominant trajectories, comprising large scale cattle
and grain production. These trajectories are associated with rapid biodiversity loss and
a high prevalence of neglected tropical diseases, such as leishmaniasis, Aedes-borne
diseases and Chagas disease. Overall, these results defy simplistic views that the
dominant development trajectory for the Amazon will optimize economic, health and
environmental indicators. This approach lays the groundwork for a more integrated
narrative consistent with the economic history of the Brazilian Amazon. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Laboratório de Investigação em Sistemas Socioambientais. São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Laboratório de Investigação em Sistemas Socioambientais. São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre. São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade, DGEE. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Laboratório de Investigação em Sistemas Socioambientais. São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Instituto de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas e Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos. Belém, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará. Instituto de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Agrário e Regional. Marabá, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Acre. Rio Branco, AC, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Serviço Florestal Brasileiro. Laboratório de Produtos Florestais. Brasília, DF, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Escola de Matemática Aplicada. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Laboratório de Investigação em Sistemas Socioambientais. São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Biodiversity | pt_BR |
Subject | Amazon | pt_BR |
Subject | Ecosystem service | pt_BR |
Subject | Technological trajectory | pt_BR |
Subject | Epidemiology | pt_BR |
Subject | COVID-19 | pt_BR |
Subject | Neglected tropical diseases | pt_BR |