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"CACHOEIRAS DE MACACU, Brazil — Gesturing across the still, green water
reflecting the backdrop of forest-clad mountains, Nicholas Locke told of the
time when this flourishing wetland was once a barren pasture after being
drained, cleared, and used for cattle grazing.
Over the last five centuries, much of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest has suffered a
similar fate. But since 2006, this wetland has been transformed thanks to
Locke’s relentless restoration efforts to rewild one of Brazil’s most important
biomes. Now, caimans can be seen peering through clusters of reeds while great
egrets nest in waterside canopies. “The birds came back,” Locke told Mongabay
while walking in the area.
The wetland is part of 12,000 hectares (29,652 acres) of primary and restored
Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro, protected by Locke’s nonprofit
Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve (Regua). Once largely fragmented and bare, the area
now supports 487 types of birds and hundreds of tree species after 750,000
trees were replanted in the last two decades."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
