A Brazilian Retiree Plants More than 31,000 Trees in 22 Years and Has Already Recovered 192,000 M2 of Nature in the Heart of the City

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Where there was previously garbage, low grass and an deteriorated terrain next to the stream Tiquatira, today extends a wooded corridor of more than three kilometers. The transformation is linked to Hélio da Silva, a retiree who started planting in 2003 and who has placed more than 41,000 trees in different points of São Paulo, with Tiquatira as the center of his work. There is an important nuance. In an interview of 2024, Hélio himself estimate…

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