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Nearly one in every four plant species on Earth can be found in Brazil.

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Flowers on the Tombador property in the Cerrado, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in the Caatinga, Brazil, South America. Tropical Grassland Savanna. © Scott Warren

The largest country in South America, Brazil’s unparalleled natural treasures include not only the dense tropical rainforests of the Amazon, but also the unique arid scrublands of the Caatinga, the extensive grasslands of the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, and the seemingly infinite wetlands of the Pantanal.

Latest News & Features

Marketer José Maria, selling cupuassu in the largest market in the Amazon. © Rec Filmes

Flavors from the earth, Health for the Earth

Amazonian Cuisine shows how important local food is to your taste and the planet.
Indigenous painting their bodies to a celebration. © Miguel Lindenberg

Conserving the Amazon with indigenous people

TNC Works to conserve the Amazon forest in partnership with the local communities, helping them to manage and protect their lands.
seedling, bahia, Brazil © Adriano Gambarini

Espírito Santo state and The Nature Conservancy launch restoration program

The goal is to plant over 300,000 trees in Brazil´s Atlantic Forest

Latest Photos

Carloto family © Ami Vitale

Amazon: the Carloto family's backyard

What life is like for one of the families working to conserve forests in Paragominas, in the Brazilian Amazon.
Close-up of fern about to spring open in the Atlantic Forest rainforest, Guaraqueçaba, Brazil. © Marci Eggers/The Nature Conservancy

Amazing Brazil

See some beautiful photos of places, people, animals, and plants in Brazil.
A Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) being bred for a return to the wild, at The Bosque Escondido Biological Reserve, a private wildlife refuge located in northeastern Costa Rica which houses the Cerro Azul Wildlife Conservation and Research Center. The reserve protects endangered Tropical Dry Forest. ©The Nature Conservancy/Sergio Pucci

Brazilian Amazon

Explore this magical and mysterious region through these images.

Latest Videos

Acai berries. © Haroldo Palo Jr

Havesting Açaí Sustainably

We have been working with the indigenous communities in the Oiapoque region for nearly a decade.
Gilberto Tiepolo, Forestry Coordinator, explains why we need the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. ©The Nature Conservancy

Atlantic Forest Restoration

Watch a video about our work in this area of Brazil.

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Lion in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. © Kenneth K. Coe

Close Encounters with Nature

Whether scary or exciting, nature has a way of sneaking up on you. See stories

Arden O’Connor. © Lajla LeBlanc

Nature Matters

Hear some of nature's success stories and see how nature matters to us all. Watch videos

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Spotted Treefrog

Spotted Treefrog (Hypsiboas punctatus) in Oiapoque, in the northern Brazilian Amazon, one of the mosaics where our Amazon indigenous strategy works. We have been partnering with local indigenous communities in Oiapoque since 2001 to demonstrate how indigenous people can manage their lands reconciling biodiversity conservation with their economic, social and cultural needs © Fábio Maffei

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