Active Planet: UK supports Brazil in protecting Cerrado
UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is visiting Brazil. The Rainforest is great, she says. But equal attention must be paid to the savannah called the Cerrado.
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“The Cerrado is globally important in terms of biodiversity and storing the world’s carbon dioxide, but it doesn’t receive the same attention from the international community. Because of that, people are not aware of the uncertain future it faces. This is is a huge area - as big as France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK put together - it’s too important to the whole world to leave its protection to chance."
The Cerrado region of Brazil makes up 21 per cent of the country and is believed to be, biologically, the richest savannah-like ecosystem in the world. The Cerrado is home to one third of Brazil’s biodiversity, half of its bird species and supports large mammals such as jaguars, wolves and anteaters.
“We want to support Brazil’s efforts to protect the Cerrado, and our countries are already working closely together to safeguard it through deforestation monitoring. But the rest of the world needs to get involved too, recognising that this is an immensely varied and vitally important ecosystem. Brazil has already launched a GBP125 million plan to combat deforestation and protect wildlife in the Cerrado, modelled on the success in the Amazon, and I am keen for the UK to help in any way it can so that this treasured area can continue to help the Brazilian economy grow without causing lasting damage to the wildlife it supports.”
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