Brazil’s coastal forests on the front line of climate change – in photos - The Independent

Brazil’s coastal forests on the front line of climate change – in photos  The Independent

Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil’s vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants in deep black mud that grow where fresh-water rivers meet the brackish Atlantic. Cruz, who is known by the nickname Vampire because of his distinctive teeth, doesn’t use a rod and reel or a net. Instead he parks his 2ft-wide boat at the shore of the Caratingui river and wends his way on foot through the tangle of mangroves to dig out crabs with his hands from the dark muck. He slowly begins to blend into his surroundings as he become...

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