Announcements
Announcements
Water-related conservation efforts, such as the Water Producer Programme, are under way to align ecosystem services maintenance with sustainable agricultural practices in the Cerrado biome.
Home to the headwaters and the largest portion of South American watersheds and the upper catchments of large Amazon tributaries, the Cerrado biome plays a vital role in Brazil’s surface and groundwater availability.
Agribusiness expands at the cost of Cerrado’s biodiversity, leading to ever-increasing deforestation rates that favour a ‘water scarcity’ narrative despite the biome’s ‘water abundance’ potential.
Recently published data from the MapBiomas initiative show that the Cerrado biome lost 1.8 Mi hectares of water surface between 1985 – 2020. However, water-related conservation efforts are under way to fulfil the yet untapped water abundance potential of the Cerrado biome.
Feature / Luciana Fernandes Coelho reveals Brazil's pivotal role in the BBNJ agreement, a crucial step for protecting marine biodiversity in international waters.
Perspective / Research from SEI and ACTO shows how a new declaration can be strengthened to protect this tropical rainforest, in South America and beyond.
Press release / New Trase data shows the rapid expansion of soy plantations across the Cerrado, Pampas and Amazon.
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