Title
First evidences of Amazonian wildlife feeding on petroleum-contaminated soils: A new exposure route to petrogenic compounds?
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Orta-Martínez M.
Rosell-Melé A.
Cartró-Sabaté M.
O'Callaghan-Gordo C.
Moraleda-Cibrián N.
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
Videos recorded with infrared camera traps placed in petroleum contaminated areas of the Peruvian Amazon have shown that four wildlife species, the most important for indigenous peoples’ diet (lowland tapir, paca, red-brocket deer and collared peccary), consume oil-contaminated soils and water. Further research is needed to clarify whether Amazonian wildlife's geophagy can be a route of exposure to petrogenic contamination for populations living in the vicinity of oil extraction areas and relying on subsistence hunting.
Start page
514
End page
517
Volume
160
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85034790184
PubMed ID
Source
Environmental Research
ISSN of the container
00139351
Sponsor(s)
We appreciate the participation of local indigenous communities and the indigenous federations of the Pastaza and Corrientes River basins (FEDIQUEP and FECONACO, respectively). We also appreciate the financial support of the Fundació Autònoma Solidària, IDEAWILD, Earthwatch Institute and Rufford Foundation (13621-1). Orta-Martínez benefited from the financial support of the Marie Curie Actions (REA agreement N° 289374 - ENTITLE), the ‘Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries’ program of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - www.iss.nl/nebe - and the ‘International Initiative for Impact Evaluation’ (3ie). This work was supported by the Fundació Autònoma Solidària ( FSXXX-18, 2013 ), the Rufford Foundation ( 13621-1, 2013 ), the Direcció General de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya ( FI-DGR 2014–2017 ), the Marie Curie Actions (REA agreement 289374 - ENTITLE), the ‘Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries’ programme of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research -NWO (NEBE, 2014) and, the ‘International Initiative for Impact Evaluation’ −3ie (TW8R2.1006 and TW8R2.1021, 2015). ISGlobal is a member of the CERCA Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya .
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