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Bookmark or Share- Atlantic Forest - The Nature ConservancyAnimals: The Atlantic Forest harbors around 2,200 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians—5% of the vertebrates on Earth. This includes nearly 200 bird species found nowhere else, and 60% of all of Brazil’s threatened animal species call this forest home. Brazil as a whole is the world’s leader in primate diversity, with 77 ...
- Atlantic Forest - WikipediaThe Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
- The Atlantic Forest: History, Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities ...The Atlantic Forest. History, Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the Mega-diverse Forest. Book. © 2021. Download book PDF. Download book EPUB. Overview. Editors: Marcia C. M. Marques, Carlos E. V. Grelle. Provides in-depth information on one of the world's largest biodiversity hotspots.
- Inside the rebirth of South America’s Atlantic Forest - UNEPSeveral endangered species, including the golden lion tamarin, call the Atlantic Forest home. Photo: Getty/Mark Castiglia Some 700,000 hectares of land have already been restored and the goal is to protect and revive 1 million hectares by 2030 and 15 million ha by 2050 – an area bigger than all of Nepal, Greece or Nicaragua.
- The Other Brazilian Rainforest: Why Restoring the Atlantic Forest Can ...Brazil's Atlantic Forest has a potential restoration area of almost 40 million hectares (99 million acres), roughly the same land area as Norway. A separate study published in Science shows that restoring these forests can be a very effective tool to tackle climate change.
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