No one knows how many unique species of plants or animals have ... They seek to spread awareness of the Cerrado and its precarious situation and implore the Brazilian government to safeguard ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

This policy brief outlines the implications of the EUDR for the protection of Brazilian family farmers, Indigenous peoples ...

According to the latest MapBiomas survey, the Cerrado has surpassed the Amazon as Brazil's most deforested ... biodiversity with over 10,000 plant species, more than 900 species of birds, and ...

The Cerrado is already home to a third of Brazil’s biogas facilities, and scaling up the production of bioenergy – energy derived from plants and other natural resources – could play a ...

Most of the beans are used to fatten livestock in Europe and China, the two biggest buyers of Brazil’s crop. The usual narrative is that the destruction of the Cerrado is closely linked to the ...

which in turn feeds the Itaipu hydroelectric plant, built by Brazil and Paraguay on the former’s southern border. The waters of the cerrado are also important for Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina ...

But, every other Winter Session when UD offers these Brazil courses, students clamor for the immersion opportunity into South American nature and architecture. In Plants and Human Culture, students ...