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Guardians of the Forest Seeds: Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

By Julia Vargas Jones and John Lewis, CNN

Published 1:25 PM EDT, Mon July 21, 2025

<p>Iracambi, an environmental organization, is working with the indigenous Puri people to restore biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, an area experiencing higher rates of deforestation than the Amazon.</p>

Guardians of the Forest Seeds: Restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Iracambi, an environmental organization, is working with the indigenous Puri people to restore biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, an area experiencing higher rates of deforestation than the Amazon.

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<p>Iracambi, an environmental organization, is working with the indigenous Puri people to restore biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, an area experiencing higher rates of deforestation than the Amazon.</p>

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