Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Landscape-in-the-Cerrado-Region-in-Brazil-27MZIFJ814ZG4.htmlConceptually similarLandscape in the Cerrado Region in BrazilGP0STTEL1Completed★★★★★★Agribusiness Rush in the MATOPIBA Region, in BrazilGP0STSNCRCompleted★★★★Vegetation in Barreiras, Bahia State, BrazilGP0STTEMGCompleted★★★★Vegetation in Barreiras, Bahia State, BrazilGP0STTEMZCompleted★★★★Landscape in the Cerrado Ecoregion, Tocantins State, BrazilGP0STTDNSCompleted★★★★Landscape in the Cerrado Ecoregion, Tocantins State, BrazilGP0STTDNICompleted★★★★Landscape in the Cerrado Ecoregion, Tocantins State, BrazilGP0STTDNJCompleted★★★★Landscape in the Cerrado Ecoregion, Tocantins State, BrazilGP0STTDNKCompleted★★★★Landscape in the Cerrado Ecoregion, Tocantins State, BrazilGP0STTDNLCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STTEKZLandscape in the Cerrado Region in BrazilThe Cerrado is a biome with forest, savanna and grassland vegetation that occurs mainly in the Brazilian central plateau and is the second largest biome in South America, occupying 24% of Brazil. The region is known as a "cradle of waters", because it is critical to eight of the 12 Brazilian river basins; it contains the headwaters of nearly all of the southern tributaries of the Amazon River as well.In original language:Cerrado Brasileiro e Produção de SojaO Cerrado é um bioma composto de floresta, várzea e vegetação rasteira, presente principalmente no Planalto Central Brasileiro, e é o segundo maior bioma da América do Sul, ocupando 24% do Brasil. A região é conhecida como "berço das águas", por ser imprescindível para 8 das 12 bacias hidrográficas brasileiras. Ela também abriga a nascente de quase todos os afluentes ao sul do rio Amazonas.Locations:Bahia-Brazil-Cerrado-South AmericaDate:27 May, 2019Credit:© Marizilda Cruppe / GreenpeaceLatitude:11°27'2.27"SMaximum size:3543px X 1991pxLongitude45°42'13.74"WKeywords:Aerial view-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-Nature-Outdoors-Savanna-WaterShoot:Soya Production in the Brazilian Cerrado RegionDocumentation of the impact of rapidly expanding soya production on forests, people and wildlife in the Brazilian Cerrado, the world’s most wildlife-rich Savannah. Soya from the region is being imported into the EU by international traders and sold to major household brands, many of which have promised to end their role in deforestation for commodities by 2020.Related Collections:Brazilian Cerrado - All Images
