In 1998, a war photographer inherited a cattle ranch stripped of its rainforest; over the next 20 years, he and his wife planted 2 million trees by hand, brought back the dried-up springs, and turned it into a protected nature reserve
Photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife restored a barren family farm in Brazil. They planted over two million trees, transforming the degraded land into a reserve. This restoration effort brought back native wildlife and flowing springs to the property. Their nonprofit, Instituto Terra, now educates and restores ecosystems across the…
The Economic Times ·