2.1.2 Cerrado
The Brazilian savanna vegetation is called “Cerrado” and covers 2
million km2 of Central Brazil. In the more impacted
region dominated by Cerrado, a different approach was used and three
main state and federal highways (BR 262, 163 and 267) were surveyed.
Agriculture (e.g. sugarcane, soybean, corn, Eucalyptusplantation), cattle ranching, charcoal production and road kill are the
main threats for the fauna in the Cerrado region (Ascensão et al.,
2017). (Fig.1)