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Rio de Janeiro bay reforestation shows mangroves' power to mitigate climate disasters

May. 24, 2024 13:42 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At the rear of Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet (about 4 meters) from a previously deforested area. The 30,000 trees, planted by non-profit organization Instituto Mar Urbano over four years in the...