...Brazil's enormous Cerrado region is a rich mosaic of grass and woodland that is being destroyed at twice the speed of the Amazon rainforest...Cerrado lacks the high profile of the Amazon...making it easier for the fast expanding sugarcane and soya industries to take bigger bites out of the savannah. That can mean the loss of unique species and the destruction of traditional ways of life in the region. For 'Costing the Earth' Tim Hirsch visits the Cerrado to hear from local people who are trying to save their land by making it pay...[Donald Sawyer of the University of Brasilia says: giant fields of soya and sugarcane have taken their toll...of people and cultures...Indigenous groups and local peoples have been displaced by this expansion of agribusiness, moving on to new frontiers...However, these people may hold the key to maintaining the ecosystem functions.]