Landscapes Blog

May 8, 2015

Back to the future: quilombos and their potential to protect Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Waverli Maia Matarazzo NeubergerUniversidade Metodista de São Paulo

Traveling to Barra do Turvo is like going back in time. Located between the two huge southern Brazilian metropolises of São Paulo and Curitiba, the road that leads to Barra do Turvo crosses the Ribeira River valley, and winds its way through the Atlantic Rainforest. According to UNESCO, this forest is one of the world’s five […] ...
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