The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of ...
Aug 25, 2020 · 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 …
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 …
Why is Amazon deforestation decreasing in 2024?
Mar 21, 2024 · 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 …
Grain production depends on ending deforestation, studies show
Sep 2, 2021 · “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 …
In Brazil, agroforestry takes off in the Amazon and Caatinga
Sep 30, 2024 · Happening now! GLF Africa 2025: Innovate, Restore, Prosper LIVE NOW: Explore how communities across the continent are restoring land, building green jobs, and shaping a …
Forgotten Forests Archives - #ThinkLandscape
Dec 17, 2020 · 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 …
Indo-Gangetic Plain rice-wheat landscapes get climate smart …
May 9, 2018 · BONN, Germany (Landscape News) – Farmers confront a daunting range of options for potentially achieving high crop yields on India’s western Indo-Gangetic Plain, where …
Are wildfires the new normal? - #TalkLandscape
Jun 14, 2023 · André Guimarães is the executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), a research institute focused on sustainable development in the Amazon and …
An awakening for the world’s rangelands - #ThinkLandscape
Feb 18, 2020 · 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 …
How Chernobyl has become an unexpected haven for wildlife
Sep 28, 2020 · 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, …