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Tropical Savannas and Conciliating Production with Conservation Strategies: The Case of Brazil

Life on Land

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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  • Savannas are tropical grasslands with scattered trees. These ecosystems are found throughout the tropics but particularly in the Americas, Africa, and Australia. They are the most widespread ecosystem in the tropics and are subjected to great modification due to human use (modified from Solbrig et al. 1996).

  • Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. They are, for instance, food, water, control of floods and diseases, water quality, and nutrient cycling, among other services (modified from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005).

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Acknowledgments

Some of the insights presented in this entry are being developed in the project “Cerrado ecosystem service knowledge Centre,” funded by CIFF Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (grant R-1603-01190) and logistic support from the University of Brasilia and the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI-Rio). Funding and support are much appreciated.

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Klink, C.A. (2019). Tropical Savannas and Conciliating Production with Conservation Strategies: The Case of Brazil. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_57-1

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