Mata Atlântica

Agribusiness

The Brazilian wood at US$5,000 per cubic meter: jacarandá-da-bahia has generated fortunes abroad for over 300 years, became a symbol of global luxury, and today survives as one of the most threatened trees of the Atlantic Forest.

Valdemar Medeiros 18/06/2026 at 13:49

Interesting facts

Giant and tangy fruit from the Atlantic Forest becomes a treasure in Espírito Santo, weighs up to 400 grams, and appears even in brigadeiro, ceviche, and cachaça.

Viviane Alves 14/06/2026 at 14:28

Interesting facts

10 million trees transform settlements in the interior of São Paulo into a forest factory; the project reconnects the Atlantic Forest, generates income with agroforestry coffee, and aims to restore an area equivalent to the city of New York.

Carla Teles 10/06/2026 at 19:29

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Rare 200-year-old Pau-brasil found in urban forest of Rio reveals hidden historical surprise in Pedra Branca

Viviane Alves 06/06/2026 at 13:38

Interesting facts

Considered extinct, a rare plant reappears after more than 100 years in a 3,837-hectare reserve in the Atlantic Forest, at an altitude of 1,200 meters, with only 3 specimens recorded in RJ.

Alisson Ficher 18/04/2026 at 17:05

Interesting facts

A little-known yellow fruit in Brazil has up to 4 times more vitamin C than orange, is beneficial for health, contains antioxidants, and also helps to recover degraded areas; meet the Uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis).

Ruth Rodrigues 13/04/2026 at 08:09

Interesting facts

Little-known fruit from the Atlantic Forest draws attention for combining an acidic flavor, high vitamin C content, and antioxidants that help combat free radicals. It can be used in juices, jams, ice creams, liqueurs, sauces, meats, and savory dishes; meet the cambuci (Campomanesia phaea).

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 09/04/2026 at 13:42

Interesting facts

Executive leaves the financial market, swaps reports for a forest, and transforms the area into a refuge in the Atlantic Forest with birds, native trees, and free wildlife.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 25/03/2026 at 13:57

Jaqueiras dominando área da Mata Atlântica e alterando o solo da floresta.

Interesting facts

Few People Notice, But A Common Tree May Be Changing The Balance Of The Atlantic Forest, New Scientific Study Points Out

Felipe Alves da Silva 14/03/2026 at 13:31

Jaqueira invasora na Mata Atlântica com frutos grandes no tronco enquanto sapos aparecem na serapilheira úmida do solo da floresta tropical

Science and Technology

A Common Tree May Be Silently Changing the Fate of the Atlantic Forest: How the Invasive Jackfruit Tree Alters the Forest Soil, Transforms the Leaf Litter, and Begins to Impact Frog Species That Depend on This Delicate Ecological Balance

Caio Aviz 10/03/2026 at 20:41

Science and Technology

Few Know, but There Is a 40-Meter-Tall, 500-Year-Old Colossus Living in the Heart of the Atlantic Forest

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 03/03/2026 at 20:47

Produtor em Piracaia transforma pasto degradado em agrofloresta com café e árvores nativas e melhora infiltração no entorno do Cantareira.

Agribusiness

Agricultor brasileiro compra área castigada pela seca no interior de SP, dentro da área do Sistema Cantareira, transforma pasto degradado em agrofloresta com café e espécies da Mata Atlântica

Alisson Ficher 22/02/2026 at 22:43

The Brazilian wood at US$5,000 per cubic meter: jacarandá-da-bahia has generated fortunes abroad for over 300 years, became a symbol of global luxury, and today survives as one of the most threatened trees of the Atlantic Forest.

Giant and tangy fruit from the Atlantic Forest becomes a treasure in Espírito Santo, weighs up to 400 grams, and appears even in brigadeiro, ceviche, and cachaça.

10 million trees transform settlements in the interior of São Paulo into a forest factory; the project reconnects the Atlantic Forest, generates income with agroforestry coffee, and aims to restore an area equivalent to the city of New York.

Rare 200-year-old Pau-brasil found in urban forest of Rio reveals hidden historical surprise in Pedra Branca

Considered extinct, a rare plant reappears after more than 100 years in a 3,837-hectare reserve in the Atlantic Forest, at an altitude of 1,200 meters, with only 3 specimens recorded in RJ.

A little-known yellow fruit in Brazil has up to 4 times more vitamin C than orange, is beneficial for health, contains antioxidants, and also helps to recover degraded areas; meet the Uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis).

Little-known fruit from the Atlantic Forest draws attention for combining an acidic flavor, high vitamin C content, and antioxidants that help combat free radicals. It can be used in juices, jams, ice creams, liqueurs, sauces, meats, and savory dishes; meet the cambuci (Campomanesia phaea).

Executive leaves the financial market, swaps reports for a forest, and transforms the area into a refuge in the Atlantic Forest with birds, native trees, and free wildlife.

Few People Notice, But A Common Tree May Be Changing The Balance Of The Atlantic Forest, New Scientific Study Points Out

A Common Tree May Be Silently Changing the Fate of the Atlantic Forest: How the Invasive Jackfruit Tree Alters the Forest Soil, Transforms the Leaf Litter, and Begins to Impact Frog Species That Depend on This Delicate Ecological Balance

Few Know, but There Is a 40-Meter-Tall, 500-Year-Old Colossus Living in the Heart of the Atlantic Forest

Agricultor brasileiro compra área castigada pela seca no interior de SP, dentro da área do Sistema Cantareira, transforma pasto degradado em agrofloresta com café e espécies da Mata Atlântica

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.