Cerrado: The World's Most Biodiverse Savanna
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Cerrado: The World's Most Biodiverse Savanna

The cerrado biome surrounding Goiânia is the world's most biodiverse savanna — containing 5% of all life on earth, it is more threatened than the Amazon and produces the water that feeds Brazil's agriculture

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    Cerrado Ecology and Diversity

    The Cerrado has 10,000 plant species (44% endemic), 935 bird species and unique mammals including the giant anteater, giant armadillo and maned wolf; its biodiversity exceeds that of most tropical forests

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    Chapada dos Veadeiros

    Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park — 250 km from Goiânia — is the cerrado's most spectacular landscape; Veadeiros canyon, crystal clear waterfalls and highland cerrado are UNESCO listed

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    Maned Wolf Encounters

    The maned wolf - the long, orange-furred South American canine - lives in the cerrado around Goiânia; several farms and nature reserves outside the city offer herded wolves at dusk

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    Giant anteater in the Cerrado

    The giant anteater inhabits the open cerrado grasslands – road mortality is a challenge for conservation and wildlife crossings in Goiás have reduced the number of deaths; nature reserves protect viable populations

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    Cristalina Crystal Mining

    The Cristalina region south of Goiânia produces gemstone crystals - amethyst, topaz and citrine mined from the cerrado; the crystal shops and mining areas are characteristic of the Goiás landscape

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    Cerrado Water Tower

    The Cerrado covers the outflow of three of South America's major river systems - the Paraná, São Francisco and Araguaia-Tocantins; the preservation of the cerrado is essential to Brazil's water security

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