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'Crazy' tree planter greening Sao Paulo concrete jungle Sao Paulo (AFP) – In just over two decades, Brazilian Helio da Silva has single-handedly planted about 40,000 trees in the urban jungle ...

Without any formal authorisation, Da Silva started in 2003, with no funding but his own savings, to collect and buy cuttings to plant in his adopted city. Five years later, Sao Paulo formally ...

His ultimate goal is to plant 50,000 trees, said the man whose business card reads: "Helio da Silva, Tree Planter." ...

In just over two decades, Brazilian Helio da Silva has single-handedly planted about 40,000 trees in the urban jungle that is Sao Paulo.