Abstract Two species of Oniscidea are recorded for the state of Paraíba for the first time. Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833 from Campina Grande and Cabaceiras and Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) from Campina Grande. Moreover, Alloniscus buckupi Campos-Filho & Cardoso, 2018 and Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940) have their distribution extended, and a short discussion about the record of A. buckupi in a semiarid area is provided.

Abstract The genus Novamundoniscus includes eight species with distribution in Brazil and Venezuela. The new species Novamundoniscus adhara Campos-Filho & Cardoso sp. nov. from the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil, is described, which represents the first record to the family for the state of Tocantins.

ABSTRACT The genus Alloniscus Dana, 1854 includes 23 known species occurring exclusively in littoral habitats. The genus has never been recorded from the Atlantic coastal region of the Americas. This work describes the new species Alloniscus buckupi n. sp. from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, and provides the first record of the genus from the Atlantic coastal region.

Abstract All species of Brazilian terrestrial isopod known up to date, including references and distribution information, are listed. The list comprises 189 valid species, 135 of which are endemic to the country, 22 are recorded also from other countries in the Americas, 20 are introduced, and 12 have circumtropical or pantropical distributions.

A atividade baleeira perdurou por quase quatro séculos no Brasil (1603-1987), tendo sido encerrada no país depois de 384 anos de vigência. O governo José Sarney (1985-1990), pressionado por organismos de proteção ambiental e pela opinião pública, proibiu definitivamente a caça por meio da Lei Federal no 7.643, em dezembro de 1987. A lei motivou questionamentos e debates em nível local e nacional em razão de eventuais prejuízos que o fim da atividade baleeira traria para a economia do município de Lucena e para o estado da Paraíba. Este artigo deseja lançar interrogações sobre a crise da atividade baleeira no Brasil, analisando os debates que ocorreram entre biólogos, políticos, ambientalistas e trabalhadores da indústria baleeira localizada no município de Lucena. Para tanto, recorrerá tanto à bibliografia disponível sobre o tema quanto aos jornais do período, principalmente os jornais paraibanos publicados na década de 1980.

Whaling lasted for almost four centuries in Brazil (1603-1987). Pressed by environmental protection agencies and the public opinion, the José Sarney Administration (1985-1990) permanently banned whale hunting in December 1987, through the Federal Law 7,643. The law prompted a local and national debate on any losses the end of whaling would bring to the economy of the city of Lucena and the state of Paraíba. This article discusses the crisis of whaling in Brazil by analyzing the debates that occurred among biologists, politicians, environmentalists and the whaling industry workers in the municipality of Lucena. Both the available academic literature on the subject and newspapers of the 1980s were used, especially Paraíba's publications of the period.

Este estudo propõe suscitar uma discussão em torno das imagens e visões dos viajantes naturalistas que estiveram no Nordeste do Brasil no final do século XVIII e início do XIX a respeito do meio ambiente natural desse espaço. O objetivo consiste em investigar as inter-relações entre natureza e cultura na obra do naturalista viajante Manuel Arruda da Câmara, referentes aos sertões das Capitanias do Nordeste durante a transição Colônia-Império. Observa-se que apesar desse cientista trabalhar nos Sertões das Capitanias do Nordeste colonial com vistas em satisfazer aos interesses econômicos e políticos do Reino de Portugal, ele exalta a natureza das colônias tropicais e busca também favorecer parte da população do Brasil. Nesse sentido, mesmo pertencendo à "geração ilustrada" luso-brasileira, o nacionalismo desse naturalista o levou a valorizar o meio ambiente colonial.

This study proposes to raise a discussion about the images and visions of nature explorers who were traveling in the Northeast of Brazil at the end of the eighteen century and the beginning of the nineteenth with respect to the natural environment of this territory. The objective is to investigate the interaction between nature and culture in the work of nature explorer, Manuel Arruda da Câmara, in the Northeast Captaincy during the Colony-Empire transition. Observations can be made that although this scientist was working in the colonial Northeast Captaincy and aiming to satisfy the economic and political interests of the Kingdom of Portugal, he glorified the natural surroundings of the tropical colonies, and also sought to encourage the population of Brazil to follow suit. Therefore, even though playing a part of the Luso-Brazilian "illustrated generation", this nature explorer's nationalism led him to highly value the colonial natural environment.