Anamélia is a researcher dedicated to the study and conservation of Amazonian primates. Since 2016, they have been working on projects that involve local communities in participatory data collection on biodiversity. Currently, their work focuses on monitoring medium-sized and large-sized primates and mammals along an environmental gradient in the Middle Solimões, using trap cameras and LiDAR in combination with linear transects. She investigates the interactions between environmental variables, human pressures and the community of primates and game mammals, with the objective of developing sustainable conservation strategies for hunted species. Anamélia is also an active advocate for the training of local scientists and the creation of spaces for dialogue on subsistence hunting as an ally of conservation in the Amazon. Biologist, master in Zoology and teacher in Health and Environment in the Amazon, she is committed to innovation in the conservation of Amazonian biodiversity.
Anamélia de Souza Jesus
Brazil



