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Tiny Opossum Could Be Farmers' Friend

A small mammal that likes to feast on a soybean pest in Brazil's Cerrado illustrates how preserving this savanna landscape is good for farms as well as biodiversity

April 10, 2015 — Brendan Borrell and Mongabay.org

Sustainability

Farmers Urge Return of Jaguars to Protect Crops

The big cats could return to do the job they once did in Brazil's grassland—hunt a growing population of wild pig relatives, called peccaries, that decimates crop yields

April 9, 2015 — Brendan Borrell and Mongabay.org