A study conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil and reported in an article published in Nature Communications shows that the Cerrado, Brazil's savanna biome ...

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 ...

In the last year the rate of deforestation in the Amazon has halved whilst in the Cerrado it surged by 43% according to data from Brazilian space agency Inpe. Simon Roach, senior investigative ...

By Fernanda Wenzel South American countries registered 511,575 fire outbreaks in 2024, the highest number since 2010. Brazil ...

Rhett Butler, writing at Mongabay.com (not GoneWithTheWind.com), explains how biofuels are driving the destruction of the Brazilian cerrado, "one of the planet's most biodiverse savanna ecosystems." ...

Patrícia Medici is a world-leading expert in Brazil's lowland tapirs.  She is using scientific data to protect these animals, which play an essential role in rainforest ecosystems ...

The Cerrado, which is the source of 40 percent of Brazil’s fresh water, recorded a 19 percent increase in deforestation alerts last month compared to February 2023. According to monitoring by ...

Brazil's dry period usually lasts from August ... In addition to the plight in Sao Paulo State, record fires were also detected in the Cerrado Plateau, a tropical savanna, and the Pantanal ...

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 ...

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 ...