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10/03/2022

08/12/2021

Pedra Branca State Park is the 5th largest state park in a urban area on Earth, with over 47 sq. miles (12000 hectars) it covers 10% of Rio de Janeiro city. It's smaller twin is Tijuca National Park, a World Heritage Site about 15.5 sq. miles (4000 hectares), in the park you can find Christ the Redeemer, one of the 7 Wonders of the World and also a Wolrd Heritage Site.

Tijuca State Park is a result of REFORESTATION: in the 1700s the area was cleared for coffee crops, fuel production and livestock, Emperor Pedro II declared federal control over Tijuca in 1861 and began the efforts to restore the area as Atlantic Rainforest, after this the Cog Railway started being built to take people up the Corcovado Mountain.

On the other hand Pedra Branca was kept intact, occupation and European settlement began in 1594, when Salvador Correia de Sá donated lands in the area do his sons.

They are great Atlantic Rainforest parks/reservations holding an enormous number of plants and species in a urban and industrial setting. The Harbour of Rio de Janeiro city is also one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the world.

08/09/2021

Sooretama Atlantic Rainforest reservation surrounded by farms in Espírito Santo state. State Highway 358 on the left.

08/06/2021

The last photo was on monday THIS WEEK. Fires in Amazon burning for over a week during the largest drought in Brazil’s history.
Totally unacceptable, this fires are clearly intentional started by farmers in areas that are not farms (yet). Fires in the Amazon can burn for weeks.
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08/06/2021

This was on the 4th, the day before yesterday during the largest drought in Brazil’s history!
Totally unacceptable, this fires are clearly intentional started by farmers in areas that are not farms (yet). Fires in the Amazon can burn for weeks.
PLEASE SHARE, people need to see this!
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Image translates to (During the largest drought in Brazil’s history)

This was on the 4th, the day before yesterday during the largest drought in Brazil’s history. PLEASE SHARE, people need to see this!

Totally unacceptable, this fires are clearly intentional started by farmers in areas that are not farms (yet). Fires in the Amazon can burn for weeks.
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Image translates to (During the largest drought in Brazil’s history)

08/05/2021

New species discovered in 2021 (and it GLOWS!)
Sapinho da Neblina, or Little Frog of the Fog (Brachyephalus ibitinga) is the most recent discovery in the Atlantic Rainforest. It was discovered by the biologist Thais Condez during her doctorate and PhD research, this discovery adds 1 to the 37 species in this genus, a group only found in the Atlantic Forest, they live on the leaves and tree canopies which makes it very hard for humans to identify them. Like many others, it glows under ultraviolet light and it’s about half an inch (1,1 to 1,7 cm) the size of a thumbnail.
Sapinho da Neblina has a different method of reproduction, it doesn't undergo tadpole phase, instead, it comes down from the canopies and deposits its eggs on the soil, which requires a well preserved rainforest environment.
The frog was found not far from urban centers, this shows us how important the preservation of the Atlantic Rainforest is, even if fragmented or divided in parks, private or public reservations.

Let’s not forget that less than 10% of the rainforest is left, so this kind of discovery make researchers fascinated.

08/04/2021

Good morning rainforest lovers!

08/03/2021

This ForesTuesday, I'm going to introduce you to a very important cultural piece of south Brazil: Caiçaras, the traditional populations on the Atlantic Rainforest coasts, in the south and specially southeast Brazil.
They are beautiful group of people with rich culture, descendent from indigenous (Tupinambá Indians, residents of the coast before Portuguese arrived), european and african peoples, who settled the rainforest beaches hundreds of years ago.
Even though they are part of modern society, they have kept traditions, culture and ways of living like fishing, extractivism of roots, nuts and vegetables, art of handcrafts and more recently, ecotourism. As less than 10% of the Atlantic Forest is left and multiple coastal villages became huge urban cities, Caiçaras still manage to live and co-exist with the rainforest left.
Caiçaras also hold a gret knowledge of species and most importantly, marine life. Fishing accounts for more than 40% of their diet. The forest probably would not have survived without them, and they wouldn't survive without it.
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08/02/2021

Here's a photo of Jureia to make your afternoon more colorful 😍

08/01/2021

WE HAVE A NEW WAY OF PROTECTING THE RAINFORESTS: Amazonia-1, a fully Made in Brazil satellite. It's first picture shows the Atlantic Forest mountain range in coast of São Paulo state!
It orbits Earth at about 484mi, 780km, almost double than the International Space Station.

Cloud coverage is a big obstacle when looking down at the Amazon but Amazonia-1 is ready to tackle this obstacle: it takes 4-5 days to orbit Earth, increasing the probability of perfect shots since it will stay over the forests for a longer period of time. Also, it stays in a near polar orbit around the planet, which allows the satellite to pass over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time, meaning everytime it takes photos, they will have the same angle of sunlight. The spacecraft drastically improves capacity, specially when combined with other satellites, radars and drones.

This week, the brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation announced that images and data produced by Amazonia-1 are live on the internet for anyone to access as human propriety. GREAT NEWS for the environmental and scientific communities!

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Based on information from, Division of Image Generation, a division of INPE (National Institute of Space Research in english), and INPE.

07/31/2021

The Brazilian Rainforest Trust is buying, protecting & preserving rainforest in Brazil to protect it forever. Join our mission! Please follow and share.

07/31/2021