First review on abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Brazil.

The ALDFG record began in the 1990s along beach strips.

Studies focusing on underwater debris began in the 2000s and ALDFG were found in all categories applied for the marine litter collected in these research efforts.

Only 9 studies are focused on ALDFG and started from 2009 onwards.

We highlight what is known, the most studied areas, and what are the knowledge gaps about ALDFG.

Unsustainable land use changes threaten the Pantanal wetlands.

Origins of soda lakes in southern Pantanal (Nhecolândia) have recently been unveiled.

Nhecolândia's soda lakes are carbon sinks with poorly known geomicrobiology.

Conservation of soda lakes can benefit organic sustainable beef production.

Soda lake extremophiles may be analogs to early life and the deep biosphere.

Signatory parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity declared daring commitments to reach the Sustainable Development Goal 14.

United Nations seems optimistic with the progress achieved towards SDG 14.

However, major challenges presented by signatory governments are slowing down or compromising the achievement of the targets.

Here we present initiatives and examples that give us hope towards the sustainability of the world's marine biodiversity.

Current Brazilian environmental legislation fails to consider the habitat heterogeneity of the cerrado biome.

Legal reserves are severely biased in protecting forest environments at the expense of natural cerrado vegetation, thereby neglecting open-habitat biotas that are rapidly succumbing to agricultural conversion.

Protected areas and Indigenous Lands contain a higher proportion of non-forest habitat than Legal Reserves within private landholdings.

Terrestrial predator–human conflicts occur predominantly in developing nations.

Shark–human conflicts occur in the developed world, with rapid mass media coverage.

Terrestrial predator–human conflicts only were reported when are linked to western people (basically hunters or visitors).

The media is often determined to over sensationalize without consideration of impacts for conservation.

White-lipped peccaries are still abundant in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

They are severely persecuted by farmers due to damage they cause to maize plantations.

The expansion of agribusiness frontiers in the Amazon biome will likely result in further conflict.

There is a need to mitigate crop damage and increase farmer's tolerance.

Measures need to be developed to curtail the slaughter of white-lipped peccaries.