Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees An Araucaria angustifolia grows in Brazil’s Parque Nacional de São Joaquim Mathieu Bertrand Struck, Flickr The trees provided a crucial food source for birds, mammals and the area’s first Indigenous inhabitants, whom archeologists call the Southern proto-Jê
Araucariaceae: Los árboles prehistóricos más raros del mundo que . . . Araucaria columnaris al borde de una laguna en la Isla de los Pinos en Nueva Caledonia Tim Waters, Flickr Sin embargo, con cada una de ellas adaptada a un medioambiente específico, las Araucariaceae de Nueva Caledonia son vulnerables Una especie, la Araucaria scopulorum, es conocida solo en unas pocas locaciones donde existe minería de níquel, una de las industrias más importantes del
Brazil’s Xokleng people are defending nature – and themselves A stand of Zág (Araucaria angustifolia) trees Photo: Instituto Zág The significance of Zág The Zág was the first tree our deity made It has been present in our cosmovision for over 10,000 years and is sacred to our people It is more than a tree The Zág is ancestral and divine: its seeds carry the DNA of the people who planted them before us Our people used to practice a Xokleng
Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests A project in Southern Brazil aims to restore 335 hectares (827 acres) of Araucaria moist forests and plant 250,000 seedlings of native species inside Conservation Units and Permanent Preservation Areas on small farms The Araucaria tree is the symbol of the Brazilian state of Paraná, yet only 0 8% of its natural forests remain in a good state of conservation — a mere 60,000 hectares
DPoYYNmEiiZ - #ThinkLandscape For the Xokleng people, the Zág, commonly known as the Araucária angustifolia, is not just a tree, but a sacred being that has lived on Earth for over 300 million years 🌎🌳 Through the Zág Institute @institutozag, host organization of #GLFx Zág Xokleng, Isabel Gakran (@isabelgakran) and her community are reviving this ancient tree, restoring 11 biomes, and reconnecting with their
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C3Vaitwvnwp - #ThinkLandscape Meet 3️⃣ new GLFx chapters joining us from Latin America and the Caribbean! From Brazil 🇧🇷, GLFx Zág Xokleng works to reforest and preserve traditional knowledge around the #Araucaria tree, known as Zág, currently threatened by exploitation and landscape degradation Based in Peru 🇵🇪, GLFx Pichis-Pachitea follows the cosmovision of #Indigenous Peoples living in the #Amazon
What is a temperate forest? Temperate coniferous forests are dominated by evergreen trees with cones instead of flowers and often needle-shaped leaves, such as pines, fir, spruce, podocarps, araucaria, cedar and redwood They are common in coastal areas with cool summers, mild winters and heavy rainfall, and inland in montane areas