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PPGE on CNN: Brazil has 25% of its Atlantic Forest's native vegetation cover remaining

Published on 09.23.2021

Professor Rita Portela, PhD participated in an article aired on the CNN Newspaper on September 18, 2021 about the deforestation of the Atlantic Forest. This article was based on the scientific paper “Hidden destruction of older forests threatens the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and challenges restoration programs” published in Science Advances in January 2021, co-authored by Professor Renato Crouzeilles, PhD.

Watch the report at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc097eWrtMI

The scientific article can be accessed at: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abc4547