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.