Mata

On the east coast of Brazil, in southern Bahia, there was once a forest with a greater species diversity than the Amazon. Over the last four decades, the landscape has changed drastically. As far as the eye can see, the eucalyptus is growing. Dense, high and uniform. The farmers who work nearby, and the indigenous people who have always lived in these areas, notice the changes on their bodies. Where has the groundwater gone? What has happened to the soil? Where it used to be full of life just below the surface the earth lies now lifeless.