The Cerrado, Brazil's savanna biome, is being destroyed at a fast pace, and inadequate management of remnants is transforming large areas of the biome into cerradão, a biodiversity-poor forest ...

According to the latest MapBiomas survey, the Cerrado has surpassed the Amazon as Brazil's most deforested biome in 2023 following the damages detected in the region known as Matopiba, which ...

Brazilian mining giant Vale has sold a 70% stake in a renewable power portfolio in the country, generating around US$1 ...

Researchers suspect the species may be endemic to Brazil’s Cerrado, a shrinking tropical savanna that, despite its destruction, remains one of the most biodiverse biomes on Earth. Unlike Brazil ...

Conservationists, including WWF, NWF and TNC welcome move as Cerrado is cleared faster than Amazon. Covering more than a quarter of Brazil’s land area, the Cerrado is home to thousands of species of ...

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Although commonly seen running across the open grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado, surprisingly little is known about the species. Researchers Fernanda Cavalcanti and Frederico Lemos have spent ...

The plan, approved by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), will finance restoration projects in the Amazon and Cerrado. This is reported by the official website of the Brazilian Government.

The Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland, created by the convergence of more than 1,200 rivers and streams rushing down from the eastern Andes and the high plateaus of the Cerrado, the ...

The Caatinga has a semi-arid climate and is found in north east Brazil. It is hot all year round and dry for most of the year. Xerophytes, stunted trees and thorny bushes grow here. The Cerrado ...