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  • A community-led strategy to save Brazil's dry forests from desertification

    Xavier Bartaburu

    December 11, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Uauá, Bahia

    Thirty-five communities in Bahia, Brazil, are working together to restore the Caatinga dry forest by managing goat and sheep herds and fencing areas off to let nature heal itself over time.

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  • Indigenous agroforestry revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest

    Xavier Bartaburu

    January 13, 2021 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Sao Paulo

    The Jussara Fortress program helped the indigenous Guarani people turn small-scale production of jussara palm hearts, a delicacy, into the main source of income. Sustainable growing techniques protect the jussara, which was endangered by deforestation and over-harvesting. This, in turn, provides for a biodiverse system with environmental and health benefits for the Ribeirão Silveira Indigenous Territory. The program planted more than 100,000 of the trees, which need a decade to yield a small amount of marketable product.

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