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OMAR TELLO
Pastaza, Ecuador
REPRODUCE NATIVE SPECIES PROTECT 7 HECTARES OF RAINFOREST COLLECT SEEDS
DESCRIPTION
For nearly 40 years, Omar Tello has dedicated to ecologically regenerating a deforested patch of farmland that was once used for cattle pasture in the Amazon province of Pastaza, Ecuador. He now helps other communities regenerate their lands by collecting, reproducing and delivering native seedlings.
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Omar was recently featured on the BBC as one of the “people fixing the world” and “the man who grew his own rainforest.”
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Many species of insects, arachnids, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals have adopted Omar's forest as their home.
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SEE OMAR'S FOREST
