Vitoria Riva da Carvalho is a Brazilian conservationist seeking to keep her father's dream alive. Founder of the Cristalino Foundation and Cristalino Jungle Lodge, located in the Southern part of the Amazon Rainforest, Vitoria strives to protect the surrounding area from the constant threat of deforestation through sustainable tourism and ecological workshops. Her father originally came to the area to start new settlements, but much of the farmland was destroyed as a result of abandonment during the Gold Rush and subsequent deforestation for cattle ranching. Following her father's death, Vitoria felt called to honor him, and to give back to the world. "I feel this energy that comes from Nature to myself... it is something, I don't know if you believe, but it's something more spiritual I think that I feel, this energy."
Monica Dabos
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