Towards sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon

IF 25.7 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Nature Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI:10.1038/s41893-024-01500-w

Felipe S. Pacheco, Sebastian A. Heilpern, Claire DiLeo, Rafael M. Almeida, Suresh A. Sethi, Marcela Miranda, Nicholas Ray, Nathan O. Barros, Jucilene Cavali, Carolina Costa, Carolina R. Doria, Joshua Fan, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Bruce R. Forsberg, Marcelo Gomes, Laura Greenstreet, Meredith Holgerson, David McGrath, Peter B. McIntyre, Patricia Moraes-Valenti, Ilce Oliveira, Jean P. H. B. Ometto, Fabio Roland, Adry Trindade, Marta E. Ummus, Wagner C. Valenti, Xiangtao Xu, Carla P. Gomes, Alexander S. Flecker

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Aquaculture in the Amazon holds the potential to meet increasing food demands while offering economic opportunities in a region facing deforestation and biodiversity loss. However, expanding aquaculture in this biodiverse region comes with complex environmental and social trade-offs. This Review explores how aquaculture can support sustainable development by minimizing its environmental impact, promoting equitable livelihoods and enhancing food security. It also highlights key challenges, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land-use changes, that need to be addressed for aquaculture to thrive sustainably in the Amazon. The aquaculture sector in the Amazon is an important source of food and livelihood provision; however, it is associated with environmental and ecological risks. This Review assesses aquaculture in the Amazon, offering insights into the challenges and opportunities for its sustainable growth.

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