An aerial view showing the Amazon rainforest near the municipality of Paragominas in Brazil’s Para state. While overall deforestation has declined in Brazil in the past few years, the problem persists. — AFP
Muvuca, in Brazilian Portuguese, means a “chaotic mix”. In agriculture, it’s a method to restore the forest around headwaters of rivers and streams by planting a mix of seeds from dozens of native species, to copy the variety of nature.
It promotes the growth of native vegetation – expanding an area’s ability to capture carbon – and also prepares these new forests for climate change, because the mix includes seeds from areas that are already adapted to a hotter world.
