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- The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of . . .
Total deforestation levels in the Cerrado are similar to those in the Amazon, with both biomes having lost around 20 million hectares to agricultural expansion since the early 2000s, “but the Cerrado is quite a lot smaller,” says Gardner, “so, relatively, it’s had a much greater impact ” And given that existing environmental
- El cerrado brasileño: el bosque invertido que necesita del fuego
El Cerrado es la sabana más grande del mundo; se extiende por casi 2 millones de kilómetros cuadrados en la parte central de Brasil Sin embargo, sus arbustos rechonchos y nudosos reciben mucha menos atención que las lianas exuberantes, las palmas frondosas y los árboles imponentes de ceiba de su glamorosa vecina, la Amazonía
- Why is Amazon deforestation decreasing in 2024? - #ThinkLandscape
In the Brazilian Cerrado, deforestation surged by nearly 45 percent in 2023 compared to 2022 – reaching its highest level since 2019 The Cerrado is home to 30 percent of Brazil’s biodiversity and is one of the country’s major water reserves, but it doesn’t attract the same levels of attention or protection as the Amazon
- In Brazil, agroforestry takes off in the Amazon and Caatinga
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- Grain production depends on ending deforestation, studies show
“The deforestation in the Amazon and the Cerrado has an effect on the local climate that further aggravates the effects of global climate change on the region’s agriculture,” says Gabriel Abrahão, a researcher associated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany who participated in the two studies
- Forgotten Forests Archives - #ThinkLandscape
Welcome to the Brazilian Cerrado, the wettest savanna on Earth that holds around 5% of the world's biodiversity Miombo woodlands: the vast southern African dryland forests hiding in plain sight 22 Jul 2020
- Are wildfires the new normal? - #TalkLandscape
André Guimarães is the executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), a research institute focused on sustainable development in the Amazon and Cerrado regions Trained as an agronomist, he has previously served as vice president for development at Conservation International in the Americas division, founder and
- An awakening for the world’s rangelands - #ThinkLandscape
Take the Brazilian Cerrado, the second-largest biome in South America and the most biodiverse savanna in the world Up to 75 percent of the biomass of its low trees and shrubs is underground in the form of deep root systems that channel rain into soil reservoirs, feeding the Amazon and two other major water basins in the southern regions of
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