What does it take to conserve a forest? Most people think about the Amazon Rainforest when they think of Brazil. But in fact, most Brazilians live in the Atlantic Forest. Despite being a patchwork of what it once was, the Atlantic Forest is incredibly resilient, biodiverse, and crucial to life. In this episode, we get to hear from some of the people restoring and protecting this forest before it is too late.

Produced with support from the Braden Storytelling Grant and the Stanford Storytelling Project.

Interviewees:

• Diego Igawa Martinez, MSc.
  • Project Analyst for SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation
• Luísa Genes, MSc.
  • Scientific Director at Refauna / PhD candidate in Ecology at Stanford University.
• James Dietz, PhD.
  • Founding Director, Save the Golden Lion Tamarin (SGLT)
• Ben Beck, PhD.
  • Founding Director, Save the Golden Lion Tamarin (SGLT)

Audio Credits:

Music from MixKit and Blue Dot Sessions.

Additional sound provided by Xeno Canto:

• Golden Lion Tamarin Audio. Ricardo José Mitidieri, XC960597. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/960597. Under CC BY-NC-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
• Green-barred Woodpecker. Bobby Wilcox, XC388433. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/388433. Under CC BY-NC-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
• Guira Cuckoo. Bobby Wilcox, XC328779659. Accessible at https://xeno-canto.org/391932. Under CC BY-NC-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
• Saffron Toucanet. Daniel Mello, XC530230. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/530230 under CC BY-NC-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).