The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of ...
Aug 25, 2020 · Welcome to the Brazilian Cerrado, the wettest savanna on Earth that holds around 5% of the world's biodiversity.
What’s happening with deforestation in the Amazon?
Mar 21, 2024 · What about deforestation in the Cerrado? Despite successes in the Amazon, deforestation has continued to rise in the Cerrado, a tropical savanna region bordering the Amazon. In the Brazilian Cerrado, deforestation surged by nearly 45 percent in 2023 compared to 2022 – reaching its highest level since 2019.
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 reciben mucha menos atención que las lianas exuberantes, las palmas frondosas y los árboles imponentes de ceiba de su glamorosa vecina, la Amazonía.
Grain production depends on ending deforestation, studies show
Sep 2, 2021 · New studies show grain production depends on ending deforestation, which could be aided by a soy moratorium in the Cerrado.
In Brazil, agroforestry takes off in the Amazon and Caatinga
Sep 30, 2024 · Agribusiness is destroying Brazil’s ecosystems. In this guest op-ed, two young farmers explain how agroforestry offers an alternative.
What do forests mean to you? - #ThinkLandscape
Jun 26, 2024 · Forests provide us with a nearly endless list of resources, from tangible ones like fruit, wood, paper and cotton to intangible ones like oxygen, clean air and recreation. But what do forests mean to us, subjectively – and what brings delegates to the world’s largest event on sustainable forestry of 2024? We asked participants at the 26th IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, for ...
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.
U.N. to launch global campaign against criminalization of …
Apr 26, 2019 · A new campaign to stop the criminalization of Indigenous peoples for protesting against governments and corporations in defense of their traditional lands aims to protect them from persecution, murder and imprisonment on falsified charges, said the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday. Vicky Tauli-Corpuz said the idea for the Global Campaign Against the ...
Crowdfunding for conservation on a deserted tourist island
Dec 14, 2020 · In pre-COVID times, some half a million tourists would descend on the tiny Thai island of Koh Tao, one of Southeast Asia’s most pristine diving destinations. But that all changed in April, when the country entered lockdown and closed its borders to foreign tourists for the next six months. A meager 1,200 foreign visitors arrived in Thailand when it reopened its doors in October, compared to ...
5 reasons to be optimistic about reducing – and reversing ...
Jan 31, 2019 · One example among many is the Cerrado Manifesto from Brazil, which enables continued agricultural production in one of the world’s most productive landscapes while also seeking to protect important biodiversity. In 2018 the number of signatories for its Statement of Support leapt beyond 70 global brands. Meanwhile, government-backed initiatives such as the Amsterdam Declaration grew in ...