Currently producing about five tons of Brazil nuts annually, Rio Novo now aims to expand into global markets. The next phase, with HIH's support, will focus on increasing the community's autonomy by ...

For years, Rio Novo harvested Brazil nuts and fruits for local consumption but ... and helped protect the rainforest from illegal logging. It generates approximately BRL 275,000 in annual revenue ...

Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South America and Southeast Asia, playing a vital role in seed dispersal and ...

Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear ...