Meet Chico, who lived alone in the Amazon for 38 years and planted 1,500 Brazil nut trees

Chico has spent 38 years living alone deep in the Amazon, far from modern conveniences. He planted 1,500 Brazil nut trees, ...
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Brazil’s 500-meter-wide cashew tree is actually one plant; its ground-rooting branches produce up to 2.5 tons of fruit each year

You might've heard or come across this claim that there exists an exceptionally enormous tree in Brazil, such that it appears to form an entire forest at first glance, although actually being just one ...
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Sustainable Management of Brazil Nut Ecosystems

Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) forests represent a cornerstone of Amazonian biodiversity and rural livelihoods. As a long-lived canopy species, Brazil nut trees depend on intact forest cover, ...