SABERES PROJECT

The floodplain of the Amazon River - where flora, fauna, and human communities have adapted to an annual 7 m flood wave - supports a wealth of biodiversity and extremely productive fisheries. Recent research has demonstrated that these resources are under threat from climate change (Fabré et al. 2017; Barichivich et al. 2018) and deforestation driven by cattle ranching and agriculture (Renó et al. 2016)... Our project « Sustaining Amazon floodplain Biodiversity and fishERiES under climate change » (SABERES) combines remote sensing, hydrologic modeling, fisheries and habitat modeling, and participatory work with local riverine communities to develop policies and strategies to conserve Amazonian biodiversity and fisheries in the face of climate change. We focus on the lower Amazon floodplain in the state of Pará, Brazil, where riverine communities and governmental agencies are currently developing improved fisheries legislation. The productivity of these fisheries depends on the..