in the last few years, as the economy of rio de janeiro grew strong, government funds and new technologies have been aimed at restoring the water of the baía de guanabara (guanabara bay) to its former splendor.

Private and public institutions, as well as volunteer local associations, have been working together to implement wide scale cleaning efforts in an attempt to improve water quality in the region.

while this may still take a decade, some tangible results can already be seen - continuous efforts to maintain the shores clean, and new policies to limit or better process the waste discarded in the bay generated great optimism.