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PUBLICATIONS

Videos / News / Reports

February 2020 Conservation of turtles in Amapa (in Portuguese).

November  2019 Principal findings and future plans (in Portuguese).

December  2018 Impacts beyond reservoir limits (in Portuguese).

December  2018 Hatchling feed guide (in Portuguese).

December  2018 Beach restoration proposal (in Portuguese).

October 2018 Report to Promotoria de Justiça da Comarca de Porto Grande (in Portuguese)

October  2018 Report to ICMBio (in Portuguese).

October  2018 Nest protection

September  2018 Starting activities

August  2018 Technical reply for the Promotoria de Justica da Camarca de Porto Grande (in Portuguese)

January 2018 Summary presentation of main findings to date (in Portuguese)

July 2017 Report to Promotoria de Justiça da Comarca de Porto Grande (in Portuguese)

July 2017 Report to Ministério Publico Federal (in Portuguese)

June 2017 Report to ICMBIO (in Portuguese)

May 2017 Direct Impacts

Academic Publications 

May 2020 Substrate influences human removal of freshwater turtle nests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65074-1  pdf

Feb 2020 Population dynamics and biological feasibility of sustainable harvesting as a conservation strategy for tropical and temperate freshwater turtles.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229689  pdf

June  2019 Nest removal by humans creates an evolutionary trap for Amazonian freshwater turtles.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12689    pdf

Feb  2019 Prospects for freshwater turtle population recovery are catalysed by pan-Amazonian community-based management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.022  pdf

Aug  2018 PrePrint. Prospects for freshwater turtle population recovery are catalysed by pan-Amazonian community-based management.

Jun  2018 Community involvement works where enforcement fails: conservation success through community-based management of Amazon river turtle nests

Mar 2018 Stepping stones facilitate river crossings by Myrmecophaga tridactyla in the north-eastern Brazilian Amazon http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.EDENTATA-19-1.3.en   pdf

January 2018 Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development

​Oct 2013 Socio-economic and spatial determinants of anthropogenic predation on Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Pelomedusidae), nests in the Brazilian Amazon: Implications for sustainable conservation and management

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Jun 2011 Abiotic modulators of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Podocnemididae) abundances in the Peruvian Amazon

May 2017 Post at UNIFAP website

Dec 2016 "Where is my turtle?"

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