{"id":655,"date":"2022-08-15T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T16:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerrado.org.br\/get-to-know\/long-roots-deep-connections\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:12:38","slug":"long-roots-deep-connections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cerrado.org.br\/en\/get-to-know\/long-roots-deep-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Long roots, deep connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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These two stories take place in the most biodiverse savannah in the world, and one of the global biodiversity hotspots. Communities such as those of Dona L\u00facia and the Kalunga women can be found throughout the Cerrado, a region in central Brazil that is larger than France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain combined. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In it, we find a variety of landscapes, fauna, flora and peoples. The Cerrado’s biodiversity has enormous potential for food, medicine, for building houses, fibers for handicrafts, among others. There are about 199 species of mammals, 864 of birds, 180 reptiles, 210 amphibians and 1,200 fish. It is also home to more than 12 thousand species of vascular plants, of which more than 4 thousand can only be found in its landscapes, it is what we call endemic species. <\/p>

The Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is a critically endangered species. Currently, only an estimated 250 adult individuals can be found in the Brazilian Cerrado. <\/span><\/div>
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Listen, below, to the song of some Cerrado birds:<\/b><\/span> <\/span><\/div>