In Rio de Janeiro, a Forest Slowly Returns to Life, One Species at a Time

Takeaways:

• Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro is becoming a laboratory for the reintroduction locally extinct species.
• This process is called refaunation which is the restoration of extant species to their original geographical distribution such as the agoutis.
• Other species the park is hoping to reintroduce is the howler monkey and the yellow-footed tortoise.

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