Destruction of the Brazilian Rainforest is unfortunately a common headline in the world’s news. That’s why I find the Reserva Ecológico de Guapiaçu (REGUA) so fascinating. Nicholas Locke is a landowner who decided to turn his family’s pasture land into a forest. And in only 8 years, they have seen the return of hundreds of species of birds, reptiles, mammals and insects. It is like a Garden of Eden, and only 2 hours from Rio de Janeiro.

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