After years of deforestation, Brazil decided to make efforts to save the Amazon Rainforest. They recently launched a plan of reforestation, focusing on preventing further damage and replanting the lost trees. Biomas, a Brazilian reforestation company, plans to plant 2 million trees throughout the Amazon Rainforest. It will span 1200 hectares and include over 70 native tree species. Their goal is to reduce the amount of carbon in the air, like many other companies, such as Mombak, start projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

However, unlike these other companies, which bought land in the Amazon Rainforest from farmers or partnered with them, Biomas is first focusing on a region in the Atlantic rainforest in Bahia. This project is called Mucnunga and invests 9.7 million in a piece of land owned by Veracel Celulose, a eucalyptus pulp producer. Most of Brazil’s population lives where the Amazon Rainforest used to cover in places like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Experts predict that only 12% of the Amazon Rainforest still stands. Biomas plans to generate 500,000 carbon credits over the next 40 years. Each credit is supposed to reverse the effect of one ton of carbon dioxide emissions. Overall, the goal is to restore 2 million hectares of land in 20 years.