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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s seaside city of Rio de Janeiro, famed for its crowded beaches and lush surrounding hills, is sending drones buzzing into the air to disperse seeds, part of a high-tech push that seeks to speed up local reforestation efforts. The green initiative, a partnership between Rio’s city hall and startup Morfo, launched last Friday and is being used to seed local native species in hard-to-reach areas that would be more difficult using traditional methods. Eligible areas in one of the most-visited cities of the Americas are selected after an analysis of soil and nativ…