I wrote, in May, about a WWF-UK effort to protect the Cerrato in Brazil, a unique habitat that is being destroyed faster than the Amazon. WWF has gotten many UK supermarkets to help address the habitat destruction by agreeing to not buy soy connected to Cerrato destruction. But there’s still a long way to go. Here’s a useful infographic on the Cerrato, how we are destroying it, and what we can do to save it.
One of the Most Precious Ecosystems in the World Disappearing (Help Protect It)
There is an extremely unique ecosystem in Brazil that contains about 5% of all life on Earth. It is called the Cerrado. Unfortunately, it is disappearing faster than the Brazilian Amazon.
WWF – Fourfold increase in fires magnifies threat to Brazil’s Cerrado
The Russian wildfire disasters may be over (this year, at least), but climate change and people illegally setting fire to forests to make way for farmland are also causing great fire damage in Brazil. WWF reports: Brazil’s crucial Cerrado region…