Peer-reviewed research on Brazil’s Cerrado biome is sharpening the picture of where some of the region’s most carbon-dense soils are found. A study published in the Journal of South American Earth ...

The Brazilian Cerrado, recognized as one of the world’s most species-diverse and threatened ecodomains on the planet, faces ...

The hoary fox is the only canine endemic to both the Cerrado biome and Brazil; it’s now trying to survive among cattle pastures and soy plantations. Other threats resulting from human contact include ...

The Cerrado, Brazil’s savanna biome, is being destroyed at a fast pace, and inadequate management of remnants is transforming large areas of the biome into cerradão, a biodiversity-poor forest ...

Native vegetation and healthy ecosystems provide services that farmers depend on – pollination, water protection and climate control. Nature does this for free, but only if we protect it. Cristalina ...

The fast pace at which natural vegetation is being destroyed in the Cerrado, Brazil’s savanna-like biome, to make way for pasture and cropland is seriously affecting ecosystem services. More effective ...

Introduction: Development of research in the cerrados / Paulo S. Oliveira and Robert J. Marquis -- Relation of soils and geomorphic surfaces in the Brazilian cerrado / Paulo E.F. Motta, Nilton Curi ...