MST reforest degraded territories in the state of Paraná, Brazil
Correspondent Ignacio Lemus reports from the region, where the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) airdrops seeds with the purpose of restoring the Agrarian Reform Territories of the Atlantic Forest, the biome that lost the largest part of native vegetation. teleSUR
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00:00In the south of Brazil during this week the landless workers movement holds the
00:04second nature day sowing life to face the environmental crisis with an
00:08airdrop of seeds movement for reforest degraded territories in the state of
00:13Paraná. Our correspondent Ignacio Lemos has the details.
00:17In Quedas do Iguazu, 300 kilometers from Rio Grande do Sul, the state which
00:24suffered the biggest climate disaster in Brazil's history, the landless rural
00:29workers movement MST dropped 7 kilos of juçara seeds, a native and endangered
00:34species from a helicopter. The movement's environmental action is the second of
00:39its kind in cooperation with Lula da Silva's government agencies, ministries
00:44and the Federal Highway Police with the purpose of regenerating the agrarian
00:48reformed territories in the Atlantic Forest, the biome that historically lost
00:54to the largest portion of native vegetation.
01:01We did an experiment last year and it was a success. Within the case of Rio Grande do Sul
01:06evidence the climate crisis we are experiencing. Today's slogan has a lot to
01:11do with it, sowing life to face the environmental crisis. We are sowing
01:16millions of seeds, tens of tons of seeds. The movement shows us once again with
01:22the banners the possibility for this crisis, which is not only a climate
01:27crisis but also a civilizational crisis, a crisis of capital.
01:3310 to 12 thousand juçara palm trees per hectare are expected to grow. By six years the
01:38palm trees will begin to produce an average of seven kilos of pulp used in
01:43ice cream, juices, cakes and other products. The profit per hectare of
01:47twenty thousand dollars per year with no environmental impact stresses the need to
01:52rethink a production model where 21 to 37 percent of greenhouse gas emissions
01:58stem from agri-food chains dominated by a handful of global corporations.
02:07Air dropping simulates the palm tree's natural environment. Grounding in the palm tree is
02:12about 15 to 20 meters high and seeds fall from the sky. Being scattered with
02:18such process of falling, seeds enter on their leaves in the vegetation and this
02:22favors the germination of seeds because they already have a certain natural cover.
02:29The agricultural frontier's expansion to pave the way for monocultures is
02:34responsible for 70 to 90 percent of deforestation worldwide. In territories
02:40where pine monocultures used to grow, native seeds are now sprouting and
02:45biodiversity is emerging. In a context where climate collapse seems
02:49irreversible, farmers show that all is not lost.
02:57It literally paid off. We are here in the middle of the vegetation. We see this palm tree already big, full
03:02ground, the speed of what we planted, the amount of area planted. It was worth it.
03:07It paid off. The federal highway policies contribute to our planting in the
03:11region, made a lot of progress in gaining space and territory.
03:18Forests and jungles are tools for balancing climate. The initiative of the agrarian reform
03:23settlements is part of their national plan, plant trees, produce healthy food,
03:28which aims at planting 100 million trees by 2030.