The man who planted a tree and grew a whole family of forests

As Brazil's deforestation begins to climb again, one man has spent over 40 years planting a forest of his own When Antonio Vicente bought a patch of land in São Paulo state and said he wanted to use it to plant a forest, people called him crazy. It was 1973 and forests were seen by many as an obstacle to progress and profit. Brazil's then military government encouraged wealthy landowners to expand by offering them generously subsidised credit to invest in modern farming techniques, a move the r...