USE OF ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY DATA IN RONDÔNIA: THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Western-Amazon. Scientific divulgation. Fauna.
Rondônia is located in the Western Amazon and received several development projects and from them it was possible to know its biodiversity. The objective of the work was to identify the scientific production of the fauna of Rondônia in the last 20 years, the profile of this production and its distribution in the basins of the State. Using keywords in the Google Scholarâ search tools, CAPES Periodicals and the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), 212 works were located, half of which had researchers from Rondônia institutions as authors. Research is mostly on Diversity, Taxonomy and Ecology and the least studied basins were Guaporé and Mamoré. We conclude that we still have gaps in terms of geography, time, scientific communication and research efforts for some groups.