Brazil’s plan for a 2,600km ‘Green corridor’ that will plant 1.7 billion trees

Brazil’s plan for a 2,600km ‘Green corridor’ that will plant 1.7 billion trees

The Black Jaguar Foundation has begun a project to reintroduce 1 million hectares of forest along Brazil's Araguaia and Tocantins rivers.

The corridor will be 2,600km long, cross 6 Brazilian states and require 1.7 billion trees to be planted.

The project aims to improve both ecosystems and the economy through land conservation and sustainable forest farming.

The main challenge to the project is convincing rural property owners about the economic benefits of the green corridor.



The Black Jaguar Foundation (BJF) has just one goal, but it's a very big one: the NGO founded by the Dutch entrepreneur and environmentalist Ben Valks plans to reforest 1 million hectares (2.4 million acres) on either side of Brazil's Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes.













Field Coordinators make headway as tropic conditions grow trees quickly to create the Araguaia Corridor project.





Image: Big Jaguar Foundation











The 2,600-kilometer (1,615-mile) long natural corridor would, when accomplished, extend 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) outward from both banks of the two streams. It will require the planting of around 1.7 billion trees, according to the organization, and serve a dual