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 ...

Brazil’s second-largest biome and one of its most deforested, the Cerrado has lost half its original vegetation due to pressure from agribusiness and infrastructure projects.

In 2024, the Cerrado was the Brazilian biome with the largest deforested area for the second year running Brazil saw a 32.4% decline in deforestation, with five out of six biomes experiencing ...

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.

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna region, has increased by nearly 45% compared to 2022 levels, with 3,000 square miles of vegetation being torn down.

Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado, the world's most species-rich savanna, rose 3% from August 2022 to July 2023 to 11,022 square kilometers (4,255.6 square miles), data from the country's space ...

The Cerrado is the second-largest biome in South America, with an area of 2 million square kilometers (km²), about the same as Mexico. It is the world’s most biodiverse savanna and home to more ...

Baru nuts grow wild on Baruzeiro trees [Dipteryx alata Vog.] in the Cerrado – a vast, tropical Savannah biome covering around 500m acres of Brazil and parts of Paraguay and Bolivia, much of ...

In Central Brazil's vast Cerrado savanna, a grand experiment is taking place. Baru trees by the hundreds are being planted - some in the form of seeds, some as seedlings, and some well on their ...

The Cerrado spans 11 states and covers an area of around 2 million km2, the equivalent of 23% of Brazilian territory. Despite spatial analysis providing a full panorama of deforestation in the biome, ...