Restoring hope for Brazil's Atlantic Forest

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This once vast tropical forest, its rich biodiversity, and its ecosystem services are among the most imperiled on the planet. Over time, wide-scale deforestation has whittled it down to only five percent of its original forest cover.

Saving Nature’s reforestation plan follows strict protocols for germination, cultivation, planting, and monitoring that have been developed and honed for the area’s specific growing conditions and habitat.

The overall outcome will be to heal the scars inflicted by destructive land-use practices and reverse the cascading impacts of deforestation.

Often eclipsed by the better-known forests of the Amazon Basin, the Atlantic Forest is an equally important part of Brazil’s heritage, and the planet’s biodiversity. Notably ranking among the world’s great forests, the Atlantic Forest of Brazil harbors exceptional numbers of plant and animal species.

Sixty percent of Brazil’s endangered species reside here. Of the 24,000 species of flora and fauna in the Atlantic Forest, 9,500 exist n