The Amazon is still burning, but it's not the only environmental crisis Brazil is staring down at the moment. Just a few miles south of the rainforest is Brazil's Cerrado region, a massive, bio ...

The Cerrado is Brazil’s second-largest biome (after the Amazon Rainforest), and the world’s most biodiverse savanna. It sprawls like an inkblot in the center of the country, ...

The Cerrado is half the size of the Amazon and is 50% deforested, according to Edegar de Oliveira Rosa, director of Conservation and Restoration of Ecosystems at WWF-Brazil. “We are losing ...

The sun sets behind the smoke of large-scale fires in the native Cerrado forest at the National Park in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 5, 2022. Deforestation has surged in this tropical savanna region ...

Yet the Cerrado, the second-largest Brazilian biome, at 2 million square kilometers (772,000 square miles), is being silently destroyed. Today, only 54.4% of the region is still covered with ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Deforestation in the world's most biologically diverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado, rose by around 25% in the 12 months through July from the previous period, two ...

Brazil's Cerrado is the most biodiverse grassland ecosystem in the world, hosting 5% of all plant and animal species, according to WWF. The roughly 200 mammal species that live there include giant ...

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 ...

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.

Cerrado requires strict protection and rehabilitation of areas to curb deforestation, scientists warn Record levels of destruction of native vegetation in the Brazilian savanna, the second-largest ...

On the Cerrado, Brazil’s highly biodiverse savanna, deforestation was up 9 percent compared to last year, however. The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, and two-thirds of it is in Brazil.

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 ...