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The Amazon

The Amazon harbors the largest remaining tropical forest on our planet, home to nearly one-third of the planet's plants and animals.
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Cerrado

The Cerrado is the world’s most biologically rich savanna. It has over 10,000 species of plants and feeds three of the major water basins in South America.
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Pantanal

The Pantanal is the world’s largest freshwater wetland, a seasonally flooded plain fed by the tributaries of the Paraguay River.
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The Atlantic Forest

Despite its diminished state, the Atlantic Forest is still among the biologically richest forests in the world, with several species that can be found nowhere else on Earth.
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Caatinga

Situated in the northeast portion of Brazil, the Caatinga is a semi-arid scrub forest extremely rich in natural resources.
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