Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world, yet 46%
of its original cover has been cleared to make way for crops and pastures. These extensive …

Cash crops such as soy, cocoa and oil palm have expanded at great speed in developing
countries, often at the expense of customary landowners, traditional livelihoods, and …

Fire has been a natural force modulating the vegetation of the Brazilian Cerrado since long
before the first humans arrived in this region about 12 thousand years BP. Cerrado plants …

Measuring the status and trends of biodiversity is critical for making informed decisions
about the conservation, management or restoration of species, habitats and ecosystems …

Executive summary The land challenges, in the context of this report, are climate change
mitigation, adaptation, desertification, land degradation, and food security. The chapter also …

Summary The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration offers immense potential to return
hundreds of millions of hectares of degraded tropical landscapes to functioning ecosystems …

Despite agricultural land abandonment threatening the food security and the livelihoods of
smallholder farmers, it is pervasive globally and in developing countries. Yet land …

Abstract Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world's largest Neotropical savanna–
is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an extremely …