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Swiss Church Aid HEKS/EPER

Blossoming biodiversity through local flower-collecting communities

Blossoming biodiversity through local flower-collecting communities

February 2024 - January 2027 / 3 years

The biome Cerrado (savannah) and Atlantic Forest are typical of the southern Serra do Espinhaço mountains, in Minas Gerais state. Rupestrian fields with plant endemism with 80% of the native evergreen flower species of Brazil and 40% of the endangered plant species in Minas Gerais can be found…

In progress