Brazil’s great living systems

In the Amazon, the forest extends into the river's mist, into the floodplain (várzea) that changes with the high water, into the damp soil and into the silence interrupted by a falling tree.…

In the dry season, the Caatinga (Caatinga) seems to recede: clean-lined branches, open light and pale soil.

Before feeding the country, it teaches you to look slowly.

On the restinga (coastal sandbank) of Maricá, the Atlantic Forest meets the ocean in sand, lagoons and coastal vegetation.

In southern Brazil, the horizon stretches over undulating hills (coxilhas), herbaceous fields (campos herbáceos), wetlands (banhados) and watercourses.

In the Pantanal (Pantanal), the landscape advances and retreats with the water. Flooded fields, forests, oxbow channels (corixos), rivers, bays, fish and birds form a horizon that changes wi…