Brazil upgrades park to protect Amazon’s tallest tree, allows tourism

Mongabay
Oct 14, 2024, 12:25 am180 pts
South America’s tallest tree, a 400-year-old red angelim in the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is the star of a newly created conservation area called the Giant Trees of the Amazon State Park. The area was officially sectioned off from the larger Paru State Forest on Sept. 30 for stronger protection.…

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