Cerrado - Wikipedia
The Cerrado (Portuguese pronunciation: [seˈʁadu]) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná and the Federal District.
Cerrado, the Brazilian Savanna | WWF
Covering 2 million km 2, or 21% of the country's territory, the Cerrado is the second largest vegetation type in Brazil after the Amazon. The area is equivalent to the size of England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined.
Cerrado | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The Cerrado savanna, which lies mostly in Brazil, has never received the same attention as its more glamorous neighbor, the Amazon. Yet it is the world’s most biodiverse savanna, home to 5% of the planet’s animals and plants.
Wildlife find haven amid Brazil’s vanishing savanna
12 hours ago · Brazil is home to a vast, but overlooked, tropical savanna called the Cerrado. This sprawling patchwork of open grassland and scattered woodlands covers almost a quarter of the country — an area about the size of Greenland — providing habitat for 1,200 mammals, birds and reptiles and 6,000 plant species. Among its remarkable wildlife are giant anteaters, maned wolves, armadillos and ...
The Cerrado - The Nature Conservancy
The Cerrado is the world’s most biologically rich savanna. It has over 10,000 species of plants, of which 45% are exclusive to the Cerrado, and it stretches across nearly 500 million acres of Brazil — an area nearly three times the size of Texas.
‘What’s at stake is the life of every being’: Saving the Brazilian …
Feb 11, 2021 · The Cerrado boasts a third of Brazil’s biodiversity and is the largest savanna in South America with 44% of its 10,000 species of plants endemic.
Save the Cerrado: Our climate depends on it | Pages | WWF
The Cerrado savanna, which lies mostly in Brazil, is one of the world’s most biodiverse places and is critically important for protecting the global climate. And it is under threat. A call to end all deforestation and conversion by 2025.
Saving the Cerrado, Brazil’s vital savanna | Stories | WWF
Jan 25, 2018 · The Cerrado is home to 5% percent of the planet’s biodiversity. Species that rely on the savanna include jaguars, giant anteaters, maned wolves, anacondas, howler monkeys, armadillos, and capybaras, to name a few.
Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot - WorldAtlas
Jun 5, 2021 · Sitting just below the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado covers a total area of 2 million sq. km., taking up one fifth of Brazil’s expanse, and with the capital, Brasilia, at its heart. This grassland biome, the size of England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together, is the largest Savanna in South America, and the second largest type of ...
The Cerrado: South America's Mosaic of Biodiversity | LAC Geo
Jan 11, 2024 · The Cerrado is South America's largest savanna and the most extensive ecoregion in the Americas, stretching across central Brazil and into Paraguay and Bolivia. This savanna is home to 5% of the world's animals and plants, boasting unparalleled biological richness.