TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Eugenia LOGIURATTO, Anderson COELHO & Ramon SAHMKOW
Vachecu Kopacan, 49, member of the Project Zag (araucaria in the native Xokleng language), poses for a picture in Jose Boiteux, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, on March 13, 2023. - Carl Gakran is clear: the extinction of the araucaria trees in southern Brazil would lead to the disappearance of his people, the Xokleng indigenous people. That is why they are planting thousands of seedlings of this endangered species that provides them with food, medicine and spiritual meaning. (Photo by ANDERSON COELHO / AFP)