The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

According to the latest MapBiomas survey, the Cerrado has surpassed the Amazon as Brazil's most deforested biome in 2023 following the damages detected in the region known as Matopiba, which ...

Rhett Butler, writing at Mongabay.com (not GoneWithTheWind.com), explains how biofuels are driving the destruction of the Brazilian cerrado, "one of the planet's most biodiverse savanna ecosystems." ...

Conservationists, including WWF, NWF and TNC welcome move as Cerrado is cleared faster than Amazon. Covering more than a quarter of Brazil’s land area, the Cerrado is home to thousands of species of ...

An enormous expanse of barren white sand dunes enclosing vast freshwater lagoons, Brazil's Lençóis Maranhenses is a place of ...

They appeared at dusk. The day was ending in a pink-and-yellow sky when a cub moved in the grass. Its mother appeared next, ...

Brazilian archaeologists ... and is an arid area with dunes, rivers and giant rock formations, making it stand out among the surrounding Cerrado biome, a unique tropical savanna known for its ...