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Emas National Park and the plight of the Brazilian cerrados

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Kent H Redford
Kent H Redford
Affiliation:
Florida State Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Abstract

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Brazil's Emas National Park protects important populations of the endangered pampas deer, giant anteaters, armadillos, rheas and many other mammals and birds, but its road and river boundaries are not the best that could be provided to protect this valuable cerrado Park. Uncontrolled fires are also a problem, killing giant anteaters and destroying gallery forest. The author spent two years doing research in central Brazil and visited the Park many times.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 210 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1985

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