The area covers over 1 mi km² between Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Losses include 9.1 mi hectares of native grassland. In Brazil, the biome is the second most de-characterized.
A total of 185.7 mi hectares—21.8% of the national territory—came under fire from 1985 to 2022. Satellite images show that the cerrado and the Amazon were the most affected biomes, with 86% of the burned region.
In 2020, Campanha Gaúcha was given its own geographical indication seal. Today, 20 producers boast to have achieved the standards required to use the tag.
Brazilian government’s statistics institute IBGE on Wednesday (Oct 30) published a map detailing representations of Brazil’s six continental biomes: the Amazon, the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, the Caatinga, the Pampas, and the Pantanal.