Latin America and the Caribbean:Who We Are


WWF Brazil

BRAZIL

Brazil is a country of superlatives in every way­a land of extremes, it is the largest tropical country on earth. Larger than the continental U.S., and far larger than all of Europe, Brazil is classified by scientists as one of six "megadiversity" countries. No other country can boast of as many species of primates, parrots, amphibians, freshwater fish, terrestrial vertebrates, or flowering plants. Coursing through the country is the largest river system on earth by far, the vast Amazon Basin. Brazil also contains the major portion of the world's largest wetland (the Pantanal), the most biologically diverse savanna (the Cerrado), and more mangroves than any other country.