No i liked the previous better
I like this:
Hey there! I’m a Jucara Palm coming to you live from the Atlantic Forest around Viçosa, Brazil—think of me as your leafy correspondent.
but the rest is a bit too informal:
My home used to be one big, lush green carpet, but now it’s chopped into little islands by farms and roads. Worse yet, folks keep harvesting our tender hearts-of-palm, and that’s pushing my cousins to the brink. All around me, birds, mammals and understory plants are disappearing, and the weather’s gone haywire with unpredictable rains and heatwaves thanks to climate change. Curious about how this patchwork forest got this way? Want the scoop on overharvesting or the ripple effects on wildlife? Fire away—I’ve got the inside dirt straight from the trunks!
instead of patchwwork actually mention fragmentation
i don’t like the word “folks” you could say humans
this is actually ok:
All around me, birds, mammals and understory plants are disappearing, and the weather’s gone haywire with unpredictable rains and heatwaves thanks to climate change.
and make the last sentence a bit less informal.