Moises Saman Guard dogs on the grounds of a sand mine in the Borore Environmental Protection Area, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Sand mining's destructive effect on the environment has been a factor in the det (...)
erioration of the Atlantic Forest's biodiversity, and the phenomenon of climate change. Parelheiros Prefecture, Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 5, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman An indigenous Guarani man walks under the rain in the Tenonde Pora Guarani community. The Guarani indigenous community living in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest have suffered greatly from the degrada (...)
tion of the forest, and they are now struggling to survive without access to the natural resources that the forest offered them. Parelheiros Prefecture, Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 3, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A farmer working on a field of planted vegetables inside the Colonia basin in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. A round bowl-shaped depression with a diameter of about 3.6 km, was formed betwe (...)
en 1 million to 20 million years ago, in crystalline basement rocks 600 to 700 millions of years old. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 4, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman An indigenous Guarani man walks under the rain in the Tenonde Pora Guarani community. The Guarani indigenous community living in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest have suffered greatly from the degrada (...)
tion of the forest, and they are now struggling to survive without access to the natural resources that the forest offered them. Parelheiros Prefecture, Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 3, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Crew members from a Brazilian drilling company working for a group of scientists sponsored by the BNP Paribas Foundation, at a drilling site inside the Colonia basin. The scientists were collecting (...)
sediment samples from as far as 50 meters deep inside the crater. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 2, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A crew member from a Brazilian drilling company working for a group of scientists sponsored by the BNP Paribas Foundation, at a drilling site inside the Colonia basin. The scientists were collectin (...)
g sediment samples from as far as 50 meters deep inside the crater. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 2, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Marie-Pierre Ledru, a scientist working for the French Institute of Research and Development, walks through a pristine section of Atlantic forest looking for plant samples inside the Colonia basin (...)
in Sao Paulo. Her research is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 1, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Sebastiao Verissimo, an indigenous Guarani farmer, eats soup inside a kitchen hut in a settlement located on the shores of the Billings Reservoir near Sao Paulo. The Guarani indigenous community li (...)
ving in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest have suffered greatly from the degradation of the forest, and they are now struggling to survive without access to the natural resources that the forest once gave them. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 8, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Fabio Verissimo (center), the chief of a Guarani community located on the shores of the Billings Reservoir near Sao Paulo. The Guarani indigenous community living in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest h (...)
ave suffered greatly from the degradation of the forest. Sao Paulo Municipality, Brazil. August 8, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Marie-Pierre Ledru, a scientist working for the French Institute of Research and Development, walks through a pristine section of Atlantic forest looking for plant samples inside the Colonia Basin. (...)
Her research inside the crater is sponsored by the BNP Paribas Foundation. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 1, 2017. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos