Brazil: Major Landscapes and Ecosystems

Submitted by The Catt-Trax2 Team on Fri, 2007/01/05 - 11:13am.

Report prepared by Shawn Bergman and Taras Dahl, students in Bit’s Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program.

Brazil contains the Northeast Brazilian Coast Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Coercion as well as portions of the Brazilian Atlantic Forests, Area Flooded Forests, Rio Negro-Jurua Moist Forests, Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests, Guyana Forests, Bolivian Lowland Dry Forests, Cerrito Woodlands and Savannas, Pant anal Flooded Savannas, Guyana Highlands Freshwater Ecosystems, Upper Amazon and Orinoco Rivers and Streams, Upper Parana River, Area and Agape Freshwater Ecosystems, Brazilian Shield Amazonian Rivers and Streams, Orinoco-Amazon Mangroves and Coastal Swamps, and the Southwest Atlantic Coast Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Coercions (Olson and Diner stein 1998, Olson and Diner stein 1999) Brazil contains the Cerrito Global Biodiversity Hotspot and portions of the Atlantic Forest Region Global Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a).

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