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 ...

Riverside forests in Brazil have facilitated continuous tree migration between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests. DNA ...

The Brazilian Cerrado, one of the most biodiverse biomes on earth, has been transformed into a hotspot for industrial ...

A law passed by legislators in Brazil's largest farm state Mato Grosso that changes the classification of endangered biomes ...

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 ...

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." ...

The burned area is larger than the territory of Italy and the largest since 2019. Most of the Brazilian territory consumed by ...

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 ...