re-forestation

Instituto Terra 

Instituto Terra was started in 1998. Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado returned to Lélia’s family cattle ranch in Aimorés, Minas Gerais, only to find the land devastated. What was once a thriving forest had become a barren landscape. Rather than accept this loss, they Read more

By ORFL, ago

Instituto Terra

ORFL met Instituto Terra and decided to support their cause. Founded in 1998, Instituto Terra was the idea of the Salgados to try to restore farmland to Atlantic rainforest. They turned their 608.69 hectares over to the state to be labelled as part of the Natural Heritage Reserve with the Read more

By ORFL, ago