• ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart

    ‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart
    A restoration project to revitalise the Atlantic forest is making the city a much more liveable place in the face of increasingly frequent heatwavesFrom his vantage point at the top of the hill where he grew up, Luiz Alberto Nunes dos Santos gazes down at the city below. White apartment blocks are nestled among mountains covered with luxuriant vegetation. The statue of Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain appear through gaps in the trees. The sea is just about visible in the distance.Rio d

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