Rabelo, Thauana Oliveira
do Nascimento, André Luiz Borba
de Almeida, Eduardo Bezerra Jr.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (0762/2020 / 88887.510068/202000, 0762/2020 / 88887.510068/202000, 0762/2020 / 88887.510068/202000)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (316031/2021-6)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2024
Accepted: 15 June 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: This work follows the ethical guidelines adopted by the International Society of Ethnobiology (2008). Received prior approval from the Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos (CEP) of Universidade Federal do Maranhão/ HU-UFMA, under Plataforma Brasil project (number 4,679,396). Permission was also granted by the Secretaria de Meio Ambiente do Maranhão (SEMA) for scientific activities within the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area.
: Informed consent was obtained from participants through signed Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE), as approved by the Ethics Committee of the Comitê de Ética do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (HU-UFMA).
: The authors declare no competing interests or financial conflicts.