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Seedlings on the Re.green farm in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 16, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selli...

A seed collector trained by Re.green, a forest restoration company, in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for...

A wasp nest at the Re.Green Project Farm in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Scientists study entire ecosystems, not just trees, to ensure that t...

Ricardo Rodrigues, a professor and a co-founder of the forest restoration company Re.green, in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches ha...

Djalma Soares, a rancher in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Soares said the idea of bringing the forest back to life was "beautiful." (Victor Mo...

Josias Araújo, a former cowboy that now works for a company that plans to restore native trees and sell credits that represent the carbon they store,...

Workers applying pesticide to a field in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies ar...

A fire in the forest, commonly used to clear pasture before the rainy season, on a farm in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches have r...

Cattle on a farm in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something e...

Workers unload açaí fruit at a farm run by Re.green, a forest restoration company, in Maracaçumé, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled...

A nursery of the Mombak project in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are sell...

Cattle on a farm in the Mãe do Rio region, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Part of the strategy of companies like Mombak and Re.green is to help improve far...

A paving project in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something e...

Forest restoration workers planting native Amazonian seedlings on degraded pastureland in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Cattle ranches have ru...

A farm in the Mãe do Rio region that has set aside land for a restoration project, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for...

Workers inspect seedlings on the Mombak reforestation project in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decade...

Insect pollinators in a plant of the Mombak project in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 13, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, ne...

Tree seedlings on a former pasture that borders rainforest in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 13, 2023. Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades....

A fire crew from the Mombak project help to extinguish an outbreak on a neighboring farm in Mãe do Rio, Brazil, on Nov. 13, 2023. Cattle ranches have...