As bioethanol demand rises, biodiversity will fall in Cerrado, study says

Mongabay
May 4, 2020, 3:16 pm236 pts
Half of Switzerland: that’s the size of Brazil’s Cerrado biome that would see its biodiversity plummet if global demand for ethanol consumption grows as projected. Up to 19,000 square kilometers (7,300 square miles) of this savanna-like ecosystem are expected to suffer a drastic reduction in mammalian…

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