Recuperação ambiental

Interesting facts

Brazilian City Revitalizes Nearly Extinct Ecosystem by Planting 11 Million Native Trees and Paying Residents to Restore Forests Over 40 Years

Geovane Souza 22/06/2026 at 19:26

Municipalities

Rio Pinheiros catches the attention of those passing by the bike path with less strong odor, more capybaras and birds on the banks, a reduction of up to 55% in organic matter, and a record removal of trash in São Paulo.

Caio Aviz 15/06/2026 at 14:26

Science and Technology

Russia launches into space a constellation of radar satellites capable of observing the Earth in the dark and through clouds, with SAR technology and strategic use on the icy routes of the Arctic.

Alisson Ficher 13/06/2026 at 15:48

Science and Technology

PRF helicopter drops 4 tons of seeds in Brazil in an aerial reforestation operation that transforms juçara palm bags into green rain and aims to launch 30 tons in Paraná, starting with areas affected by tornadoes.

Ana Alice 13/06/2026 at 15:12

Science and Technology

Drones make over 2,000 flights in Brazil and release 134 million seeds in an aerial operation that transforms landslide scars into a green wall of Atlantic Forest, restores more than 280 football fields, and returns vegetation to 79.6% of the restored area in São Sebastião.

Ana Alice 04/06/2026 at 21:14

Science and Technology

Federal Police helicopter drops 12,000 kg of seeds in Brazil in an aerial reforestation operation that transforms seed bags into green rain and aims to plant 100 million trees by 2030, starting with areas in Paraná.

Ana Alice 03/06/2026 at 17:46

Science and Technology

China accelerates sustainable mining with over 5,500 green mines, legal support, solar plants, electric trucks, and smart operations, while the 2026-2030 plan expands environmental recovery and aims to transform mined areas into tourism and efficiency hubs.

Carla Teles 22/04/2026 at 18:24

Sustainability

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon advances in environmental recovery with sanitation, elimination of irregular sewage, and the resumption of water sports in Rio de Janeiro.

Caio Aviz 24/03/2026 at 17:28

Agrofloresta no Sistema Cantareira recupera solo degradado com café e espécies nativas em área afetada pela crise hídrica em SP.

Agribusiness

Brazilian Farmer Purchases Drought-Stricken Area in Interior of São Paulo, Within the Cantareira System, Transforms Degraded Pasture into Agroforestry with Coffee and Atlantic Forest Species

Alisson Ficher 27/02/2026 at 16:16

Moradores em Kerala mobilizam 700 pessoas por 70 dias para limpar canal de 12 km, recuperar fluxo de água, elevar nível de poços e trazer peixes de volta.

Science and Technology

Residents Tired of Seeing ‘Dead’ River Organize a Volunteer Effort with 700 People for 70 Days, Accumulating 30,000 Man-Days and Reopening 12 km Channel, Elevating Pits by Up to 5 km and Bringing Fish Back

Alisson Ficher 20/02/2026 at 16:50

Após décadas de erosão severa e colinas transformadas em poeira, 35 mil km² do Loess Plateau foram restaurados e uma das regiões mais degradadas da China virou exemplo mundial de recuperação ambiental

Interesting facts

From Collapsed Landscape to Global Reference: After Decades of Severe Erosion and Hills Turned to Dust, 35,000 Square Kilometers of the Loess Plateau Have Been Restored and One of the Most Degraded Regions in China Has Become a Global Example of Environmental Recovery

Valdemar Medeiros 15/02/2026 at 10:43

Helicópteros lançam 5 milhões de sementes em encostas do Vale do Taquari para acelerar a revegetação após deslizamentos no RS.

Interesting facts

Helicopters Become “Aerial Seeders” in Brazil, Dropping 5 Million Seeds on Slopes Unreachable on Foot; See How Aerial Seeding Aims to Accelerate Vegetation Recovery After Landslides

Alisson Ficher 11/02/2026 at 14:03

Brazilian City Revitalizes Nearly Extinct Ecosystem by Planting 11 Million Native Trees and Paying Residents to Restore Forests Over 40 Years

Rio Pinheiros catches the attention of those passing by the bike path with less strong odor, more capybaras and birds on the banks, a reduction of up to 55% in organic matter, and a record removal of trash in São Paulo.

Russia launches into space a constellation of radar satellites capable of observing the Earth in the dark and through clouds, with SAR technology and strategic use on the icy routes of the Arctic.

PRF helicopter drops 4 tons of seeds in Brazil in an aerial reforestation operation that transforms juçara palm bags into green rain and aims to launch 30 tons in Paraná, starting with areas affected by tornadoes.

Drones make over 2,000 flights in Brazil and release 134 million seeds in an aerial operation that transforms landslide scars into a green wall of Atlantic Forest, restores more than 280 football fields, and returns vegetation to 79.6% of the restored area in São Sebastião.

Federal Police helicopter drops 12,000 kg of seeds in Brazil in an aerial reforestation operation that transforms seed bags into green rain and aims to plant 100 million trees by 2030, starting with areas in Paraná.

China accelerates sustainable mining with over 5,500 green mines, legal support, solar plants, electric trucks, and smart operations, while the 2026-2030 plan expands environmental recovery and aims to transform mined areas into tourism and efficiency hubs.

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon advances in environmental recovery with sanitation, elimination of irregular sewage, and the resumption of water sports in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian Farmer Purchases Drought-Stricken Area in Interior of São Paulo, Within the Cantareira System, Transforms Degraded Pasture into Agroforestry with Coffee and Atlantic Forest Species

Residents Tired of Seeing ‘Dead’ River Organize a Volunteer Effort with 700 People for 70 Days, Accumulating 30,000 Man-Days and Reopening 12 km Channel, Elevating Pits by Up to 5 km and Bringing Fish Back

From Collapsed Landscape to Global Reference: After Decades of Severe Erosion and Hills Turned to Dust, 35,000 Square Kilometers of the Loess Plateau Have Been Restored and One of the Most Degraded Regions in China Has Become a Global Example of Environmental Recovery

Helicopters Become “Aerial Seeders” in Brazil, Dropping 5 Million Seeds on Slopes Unreachable on Foot; See How Aerial Seeding Aims to Accelerate Vegetation Recovery After Landslides

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

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.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

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.

Heir bought 23,000 degraded acres in the Scottish Highlands, fenced the area, planted nearly 1 million native trees, and transformed empty mountains into a forest officially recognized after meeting 15 evaluation criteria over 20 years.

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, was covered in flowers and turned into a colorful carpet with more than 200 species in the phenomenon called “desert bloom,” when atypical rains awaken seeds that had remained dormant in the soil for many years.