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Bookmark or Share- El cerrado brasileño: el bosque invertido que necesita del fuegoEl 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.
- The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of ...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 2000s, “but the Cerrado is quite a lot smaller,” says Gardner, “so, relatively, it’s had a much greater impact.” And given that existing environmental ...
- Considering the Human Dimension when Restoring Forest LandscapesBy Gerda Wolfrum, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Much has been written about forest landscape restoration (FLR) from a silvicultural or ecological perspective: techniques, approaches, methods, case studies, have all tended to focus on the practical and technical tools to implement forest restoration.
- The environmental and social impacts of sustainable land-use financingThese investments could include, for example, deforestation and conversion-free soy production in the Brazilian Cerrado, scaling up palm oil replanting on existing agricultural land in Indonesia, or transitioning from full-sun cocoa to agroforestry in West Africa.
- Why is Amazon deforestation decreasing in 2024? - #ThinkLandscapeIn 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 of Brazil’s biodiversity and is one of the country’s major water reserves, but it doesn’t attract the same levels of attention or protection as the Amazon.
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