06 Regeneration Through Tourism In Brazil With Renato Machado

Welcome back to The Tourism RESET with me, your host, Rebecca Woolford. When my guest started to plant trees on his land, as part of a reforestation effort, the land dropped dramatically in value. In order to not only survive but thrive, the reserve transformed into a socio-environmental project which welcomes guests from around the world.

My guest is the incredible Renato Machado, founder and visionary of Ibiti project in Brazil. A blueprint for ecotourism, a conservation project with rural regeneration and reforestation at its heart.

What you'll learn in this episode:

1. How Ibiti has become one of Brazil's leading rewilding success projects
2. Renato's conservation efforts to bring back the endangered spider monkeys
3. Why the initial vision of creating a greenbelt around Ibitipoca Park didn't work

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