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"SCALES FOR MALARIA": USE AND TRADE OF THE ENDANGERED BRAZILIAN GIANT TORTOISE TO SUPPLY THE AMAZONIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

Authors:
Aline Tavares Santos at Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Adaptações da Biota Aquática da Amazônia
Aline Tavares Santos
Thais Morcatty at University College London
Thais Morcatty
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Abstract

The Brazilian giant tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) has been used by local people in Amazonia for medicinal purposes, but the extent and impact of this exploitation are unknown. In 2014-2015, I interviewed 161 rural dwellers (35 communities) and 15 traders in the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon. Thirteen body parts are traded and used for the treatment of 42 diseases, being hernia the most common in Brazil and epilepsy in Peru. 60% of the interviewees often use tortoise as medicinal. The price per item was 2.96(±2.2) USD. Despite the cultural value for Amazonian peoples, this trade may pose a threat to this endangered tortoise

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