Landscaper and Botonist Ricardo Cardim on greening Brazil’s concrete jungle

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Brazilian botanist Ricardo Cardim is fighting São Paulo's "concrete jungle" and heat islands by planting "pocket forests"—dense groves of native Atlantic Forest species. He argues that Brazil's environmental focus must urgently shift from abstract carbon metrics (an "imported agenda") to protecting biodiversity, which is essential for the country's water supply and regional climate. He views the current fragmentation of the Amazon as a direct, sped-up parallel to the historical devastation of the Atlantic Forest.