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João Lara Mesquita: new season of Mar Sem Fim
December 3, 2023 · 57 min · 644 views · Coast of São Paulo
What this video covers
João Lara Mesquita returns to the Maré Sonora podcast (episode 158) to discuss the new season of Mar Sem Fim, a YouTube series sailing and documenting the São Paulo coastline from north to south.1:35 Unable to secure TV Cultura sponsorship after the pandemic, Mesquita self-funded the series through his own YouTube channel.3:02 Six episodes had aired at the time of recording.7:06 The series focuses on coastal environmental degradation: mangrove and restinga destruction by real estate speculation, the ecological role of mangroves in carbon sequestration (four to five times that of tropical forest per hectare), and the threat of invasive species including coral sol, lionfish, and golden mussels.5:13 Mesquita argues that shrimp farming in Brazil's northeast is more destructive than trawling and urges consumers to check product labels.9:13 He films with a small crew — a cinematographer who is also a biologist based in Ubatuba — and plans future episodes at the Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins near Peruíbe, which protects some of Brazil's last virgin beaches.16:17 Conservation successes — sea turtle recovery through the Tamar project and whale population rebound visible from Rio de Janeiro beaches — are cited as evidence that intervention works.46:16 Mesquita also recalls learning to cook aboard his father's boat along the São Paulo–Rio coast starting at age 12.0:04
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