Stegmann, L.F. and França, F.M. and Carvalho, R.L. and Barlow, J. and Berenguer, E. and Castello, L. and Juen, L. and Baccaro, F.B. and Vieira, I.C.G. and Nunes, C.A. and Oliveira, R. and Venticinque, E.M. and Schietti, J. and Ferreira, J. (2024) Brazilian public funding for biodiversity research in the Amazon. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 22 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2530-0644
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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.