More Fires Are Burning In Brazil's Cerrado Region Than in the Amazon
At a Glance More than 8,000 fires have been reported in the large savanna this month.The Cerrado is one of the world's 36 biodiversity hotspots. The Cerrado has seen 35,547 fire outbreaks since Jan. 1. The Amazon rainforest gets most of the attention, but Brazil is home to another important biodiversity hotspot endangered by many of the same threats. The Cerrado, the largest savanna region in South America and the largest hotspot in the Western Hemisphere, covers nearly 800,000 square...