The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of ...
2020年8月25日 · of the cerrado The Cerrado is the world’s largest savanna, stretching across almost 2 million square kilometers in central Brazil. Yet its stubby, gnarled shrubs receive far less attention than the lush lianas, verdant palms and towering kapok trees of their glamorous neighbor, the Amazon.
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.
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2024年7月10日 · Meanwhile, a project jointly managed by the World Bank and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GiZ) has been assisting landholders in the Cerrado in complying with the law and promoting low-carbon agriculture technologies. So far, 1,900 farmers, including indigenous peoples, have been included in the project.
Why is Amazon deforestation decreasing in 2024?
2024年3月21日 · 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 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.
In Brazil, agroforestry takes off in the Amazon and Caatinga
2024年9月30日 · Agroforestry systems in the Amazon. Similarly, in the Amazon, land conflicts are evident on a daily basis, with the escalating devastation of the forest for the expansion of agribusiness and mining.
Grain production depends on ending deforestation, studies show
2021年9月2日 · “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 Gabriel Abrahão, a researcher associated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany who participated in the two studies.
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2024年7月1日 · The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of agriculture Welcome to the Brazilian Cerrado, the wettest savanna on Earth that holds around 5% of the world's biodiversity. Read More
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2020年5月28日 · 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 hiding in plain sight 22 Jul 2020
Considering the Human Dimension when Restoring Forest …
2018年11月27日 · By 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.
Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees
2020年7月2日 · But with each adapted to a specific environment, New Caledonia’s Araucariaceae are vulnerable. One species, Araucaria scopulorum, is known only from a handful of locations designated for nickel mining, one of the country’s most important industries.