The mystery of the ‘resin-of-canuaru’: A medicine used by caboclos river-dwellers of the Amazon, Amazonas, Brazil

Rodrigues, Eliana; Santos, Juliana de Faria Lima; Souza, Sergio Marques; Lago, João Henrique G.

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.026

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“…Urodele and anuran amphibians are used in regenerative medicine to investigate the potential for limb growth following musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., amputations; Song et al, 2010). Amphibian skin secretions have been investigated for use in medical and pharmaceutical applications (Clarke, 1997) and there is ethnopharmacological evidence that secretions from an Amazonian frog have been used for millennia by indigenous peoples to treat skin infections (Rodrigues et al, 2012). Also in the Amazon, the fat of the trahira fish Hoplias mala‐baricus is used to treat earaches (Begossi et al, 2004).…”

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People need freshwater biodiversity

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Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity loss and declining ecological function within freshwater ecosystems that continue to threaten these natural benefits. Here, we catalog nine fundamental ecosystem services that the biotic components of indigenous freshwater biodiversity provide to people, organized into three categories: material (food; health and genetic resources; material goods), nonmaterial (culture; education and science; recreation), and regulating (catchment integrity; climate regulation; water purification and nutrient cycling). If freshwater biodiversity is protected, conserved, and restored in an integrated manner, as well as more broadly appreciated by humanity, it will continue to contribute to human well-being and our sustainable future via this wide range of services and associated nature-based solutions to our sustainable future.

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