These lush mountains are among the oldest and most biodiverse in the world.
The area is home to an extremely biodiverse population of fauna.
This is part of the biodiverse cerrado ecoregion, in an area known as the "campos rupestres".
Plant and animal life is very biodiverse with over 1600 species of plants and 5500 species of animals.
The more biodiverse the hardwood-forest ecosystem, the more challenges and opportunities its managers face.
About half of the forests (49.7% or roughly 19,570 km) is classified as primary forest which is considered the most biodiverse forest type.
All of these habitats are able to sequester large quantities of carbon and support a biodiverse range of larger and smaller animal life.
These support a biodiverse community of fish, shellfish, marine worms and other invertebrates.
