Tijuca Forest

A small slum in the midst of Rio de Janeiro's scenic Tijuca Forest has set up its own biosystem project for waste and sewerage treatment in a drive to make the Brazilian city's poorest areas more sustainable. Vale Encantado, which means Enchanted Valley, installed a biodigester with the help of a local ...

Emerson de Souza: “The reality is that we live in the best preserved part of the Tijuca Forest. And it is not the best preserved part by accident. There is a reason for it. And the reason is the very existence of the community here because our community was created for this. So, in my grandparents' time, in my ...

Unfortunately robberies on hiking trails in Rio are not an unheard of occurrence and because of its size, Tijuca Forest is difficult to police effectively. Authorities announced an increase of security measures in 2015, including that Rio's military police had assumed the policing of the park and would be ...

For the past few months, Caminhos do Lagarto has been leading Sunday morning hikes that pass through the residential community into the Tijuca Forest. These ecotours are led by residents and seek to incorporate the history of the community into an outdoor adventure experience. Though the hikes are ...