In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide. The experience left him traumatized.
In 1994, when he returned to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião was hoping to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had turned into a dusty, barren land for miles and miles, devoid of any wildlife.
"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he said.
It was at this time that his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they replant the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and the two of them spent the next 20 years planting 2.7 million trees.
This resulted in the recovery of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the verge of extinction.
@Jay10_6 I’m vegetarian. I would want some clarification of slaughter type on labelling, and the removal of such heavy subsidies in the meat industry. But not ban.
Hunting for fun is immoral as animals are living beings which deserve respect, not to be killed as a sport, so unescessarily