Semi-Arid, Yet Full of Life: Resilience in Brazil’s Caatinga Biome

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Semi-Arid, Yet Full of Life: Resilience in Brazil’s Caatinga Biome

Picture this: the sun rises over pale tree trunks as the distant bleat of goats echoes across a dusty landscape. Here, nestled in northeastern Brazil, a unique symphony of life unfolds in Malhada de Areia, a rural area in the northeastern state of Bahía where community members blend innovation and tradition to fortify one of the world’s rarest ecosystems.   When you think of Brazil, the lush canopies of the Amazon rainforest might first spring t…