A conservação do Cerrado brasileiro

The Cerrado is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. In the last 35 years, more than 50% of its aproximately 2 million km 2 has been transformed into pasture and agricultural lands planted in cash crops. Cerrado has the richest flora among the world’s savannas (>7,000 species) and high levels of endemism. Species richness of birds, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, and insects is equally high, whereas mammal diversity is relatively low. Deforestation rates have been higher in the Cerrado than in the