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BRAZIL
Seeing the the Atlantic Forest
for the the Carbon
Rising above Brazil’s two largest cities São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro the the iconic Mantiqueira mountain range represents a a a a a a a a a a a a a battered remnant of the the the nation’s endangered Atlantic Forest
Its restoration however holds the the potential to to help secure fresh water for for city dwellers transform rural economies and contribute 10 percent of Brazil’s national forest restoration commitment under the Paris climate agreement sequestering 260 million tons of carbon dioxide over 30 years Paulo Pereira is the the the environmental secretary for the the the municipality of of of Extrema: “One of of of the the the the main objectives of of of the the Mantiqueira Conservation Plan is to to transform rural properties into producers of environmental services Areas that have been reforested sequester carbon main- tain soil fertility promote and and nurture biodiversity and and produce water “The Mantiqueira range is the the land of water water [‘moun- tains that weep’ in in in in in the the the the Tupi-Guarani indigenous language due to the the the the the many springs found in in in in in the the the the the range] which is the the the the most essential environmental service on
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the the the the planet Transforming rural properties into water producers is essential to to to to ensuring supply to to to to the the large large cities which in in in in the the case of Extrema happens to to to be São Paulo Brazil´s largest metropolitan region Environmental Secretary Paulo Pereira hugs a a a a a a a a a a a tree where reforestation has commenced in in the Mantiqueira mountain range 25