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
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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
Miombo woodlands: the vast southern African dryland forests hiding in . . . But, rather like Brazil’s Cerrado, these well-used, widely-inhabited woodlands frequently fail to gain the attention of conservationists and funders, while emblematic rainforests – such as those in the Congo and Amazon basins – command considerable focus worldwide
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
How Chernobyl has become an unexpected haven for wildlife Many people think the area around the Chernobyl nuclear plant is a place of post-apocalyptic desolation But more than 30 years after one of the facility’s reactors exploded, sparking the worst nuclear accident in human history, science tells us something very different
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