Brazil has lost 16% of its herbaceous, shrub vegetation in 38 years
Native vegetation, in general, covers 64 percent of Brazil's territory, according to the 2022 MapBiomas mapping. Of this total, most corresponds to forests (58%).
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Native vegetation, in general, covers 64 percent of Brazil's territory, according to the 2022 MapBiomas mapping. Of this total, most corresponds to forests (58%).
DUBAI (December 2, 2023) - On the second day of COP28 in Dubai, ministers Marina Silva and Fernando Haddad, together with ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, announced the launch of the 'Tropical Forests Forever' fund, a financial instrument for payment for standing forests, with contributions from countries with sovereign wealth funds, among other investors.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimise AstraZeneca's reforestation programme in Africa
Using bioacoustics, South American scientists are eavesdropping on a forest in hopes of hearing the song of the long-missing purple-winged ground dove.
When restoring or replanting vegetation in degraded ecosystems, it may be tempting to let nature run its course, and allow native herbivores to claim their fair share. Yet a new analysis in Science reveals that plant eaters at restoration sites don’t just reduce vegetation abundance — they may depress plant diversity as well. Scientists evaluated […]