I was about to say the same thing! I hate it when publications do this!!

Agree.

Thank you!

And the worst part is, is that Lilia was the one to start the whole thing! She was the one to convince her husband and the other people who helped to start to bring the forest back to life!.

they both should, your right. i don't see why people do this.

And, in general, on each on each occasion a couple are mentioned, a coin should be tossed to see which name goes first.

Right on, Jules, you tell 'em! And I do believe that green arrow total is THE highest I've ever seen on here, so well done, pandas!

Well said.

She should be recognized simply because she's a person in her won right, not an extension of him.

I bet you are one of those commie liberals who insist on believing that earthen jars are actually human. (edit: added /sarcasm because nowadays you can't really tell anymore)

Oh, thank you that changes everything.

preach!

Thank you

Thank you!!

Good!

THANK YOU!

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Yeah, but I'm sure the Sebastiao did all the planting and his wife just watched!

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Oh my god who cares, I'm focusing on the fact that someone ELSE out there built their own ecosystem and that makes me smile.

Their (her) idea to do this was fantastic, but it wasn't them, it was him buying an abandoned ranch from his parents, and then working to find other people to fund the project, a lot of watering of the trees, and an army of people from the surrounding areas doing the work while they themselves, fundamentally, did very little.

No - not "two" people. Doing the math, that would be a little over 270 trees a day, every day for 20 years. They had to have many others help with the planting. Now, two people recruiting all of the volunteers, securing materials and organizing the logistics is indeed a feat in itself, and is worthy of recognition and admiration.

They started it and did it with a lot of unmentioned help.

I was just thinking that. If only two people did this, imagine what dozens, hundreds, even thousands can do!