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The Black Jaguar Foundation (BJF) plans to reforest 1 million hectares (2.4 million acres) along Brazil's Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. The 1,615 mile long natural corridor will require the planting of around 1.7 billion trees, tens of thousands of which have already been planted. The corridor will be established on private lands and it has dual ecological and economic goals, resulting in both land conservation and sustainable agroforestry production. With an anticipated cost of $2.2 billion, the project is expected to result in $21.1 billion in environmental and economic benefits over the next 50 years. The project would also capture 262 million tons of CO2 equivalent.
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