2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/25/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OIL SPILLS, INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES, PROTECTED AREAS, AND FISH DIVERSITY OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON | Virtual Platform
INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OIL SPILLS, INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES, PROTECTED AREAS, AND FISH DIVERSITY OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
Peru has experienced more than 450 recorded oil spills from 2000-2019 with most occurring in its northern Amazon region. Despite defined oil blocks and formal protected areas (PAs), oil spills can affect the health of organisms and people living in these areas because of proximity and the interconnectedness of the Amazonian lotic system. As such, there is a need for spatial analysis to understand the risks and vulnerability of biodiversity and Indigenous communities to oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon. We compiled the locations of reported oil spills across the Peruvian Amazon over 2000-2019 and contrasted them with patterns of fish biodiversity distribution, PAs and Indigenous Territories. The resulting maps show overlaps of high fish biodiversity areas with oil spills, PAs and Indigenous Territories, identifying a high potential for negative impacts on fish and people. Our spatial analyses can help to avoid contamination of PAs and Indigenous Territories and identify sites of remediation priority. Future research should evaluate the results of this study with participatory mapping methods on the ground to determine if spill reports are accurate and better understand socio-ecological implications of oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Socio-ecology
- Tropical
- Models
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Lauren Emer
(), Florida International University , lemer006@fiu.edu;
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Claire Beveridge
(), Florida International University, cbeverid@fiu.edu;
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Elizabeth P Anderson
(), Florida International University, epanders@fiu.edu;
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