Nowhere is the importance of nature more acutely evident than in Brazil. The country’s diverse ecosystems – from the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands and the Cerrado savannah – play critical roles as environmental bellwethers and as the lifeblood of Indigenous communities and local economies. They also support Brazil’s agricultural productivity, which helps feed the world. The Amazon alone provides an estimated $317 billion in ecosystem services to Brazil and beyond.
