With the release of Announcement MCT/CNPq/PPBio No. 60/2009 in October 2009, aimed at strengthening the Biodiversity Research Program - PPBio, new Regional Centers have been approved. Currently, the Western Amazon PPBio encompasses a network of eight research projects and six institutions (INPA, UFAM, UNIR, UFMT, UFRR, and UFAC). A new Regional Center in São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM) is also set to be established soon.
The report describes a training course on the taxonomy and systematics of fish from streams in the Purus-Madeira interfluve region of the Amazon. The course was held in May 2023 at the Ichthyology and Fisheries Management Laboratory (LIOP) of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) in Humaitá, Brazil.
The symposiums promoted by the National Institute of Integrated Studies of Amazonian Biodiversity (INCT CENBAM) and the Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio) - Western Amazon have as their main objective to promote dialogue among researchers from different regions of the Amazon and encourage the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in integrated ecological research activities and biodiversity monitoring.
The Annual Meeting - 5th CENBAM Symposium and Western Amazon PPBio took place from June 28th to 30th, 2023, at the Amazon Research Institute - INPA. It brought together researchers, students, and fellows affiliated with the Western Amazon Biodiversity Research Program - PPBio AmOc and linked to the Center for Amazonian Biodiversity Studies - CENBAM, as well as postgraduate students from INPA.
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