Emerging complexities and rising omission: Contrasts among socio-ecological contexts of infectious diseases, research and policy in Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorGiatti, Leandro Luiz
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Ricardo Agum
dc.contributor.authorNava, Alessandra Ferreira Dales
dc.contributor.authorGutberlet, Jutta
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-31T20:35:27Z
dc.date.available2026-03-31T20:35:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we explore elements that highlight the interdependent nature of demands for knowledge production and decision-making related to the appearance of emerging diseases. To this end, we refer to scientific production and current contextual evidence to verify situations mainly related to the Brazilian Amazon, which suffers systematic disturbances and is characterized as a possible source of pathogenic microorganisms. With the acceleration of the Anthropocene's environmental changes, socio-ecological instabilities and the possibility of the emergence of infectious diseases merge into a background of a ´twin insurgency´. Furthermore, there is a tendency to impose economic hegemony in the current Brazilian context, corroborating discourses and pressures to a scientific simplification and denial. With this, we assert that developmental sectoral actions and monoculture of knowledge characterize an agenda of omission, that is, a process of decision making that indirectly reinforces ecological degradation and carelessness in the face of the possibility of the emergence and spreading of new diseases, such as COVID-19. Tackling the socio-ecological complexity inherent in the risk of the emergence of infectious diseases requires robust co-construction of scientific knowledge, eco-social approaches, and corresponding governance and sophisticated decision-making arrangements.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.identifier.citationGiatti, L. L., Ribeiro, R. A., Nava, A. F. D., & Gutberlet, J. (2021). Emerging complexities and rising omission: Contrasts among socio-ecological contexts of infectious diseases, research and policy in Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 44(1 (suppl 1)), e20200229. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0229
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0229
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23542
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGenetics and Molecular Biology
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAmazon
dc.subjectAnthropocene
dc.subjectemerging diseases
dc.subjectenvironmental changes
dc.subjectpublic policy
dc.subjectCommunity-based Research Laboratory (CbRL)
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.titleEmerging complexities and rising omission: Contrasts among socio-ecological contexts of infectious diseases, research and policy in Brazil
dc.typeArticle

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