Cerrado

Articles, Fossil Fuels, Policy & Strategy November 20, 2025

New Environmental Licensing Will Build a Power Plant in the Cerrado and Demolish a School

Guilherme Cavalcanti, Agência Pública New licensing eases thermoelectric plant near Brasília, but a rural school stands in the way The most deforested biome in Brazil,…

Nature & Environment, News & Comments November 5, 2021

Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study

Deforestation is amplifying climate change effects in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna biome, making it much hotter and drier. Researchers observed monthly increases of 2.24°C (4.03°F)…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.