The Brazil Nut story film

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The brazil nut only grows in the wild, its home is deep in the Amazon rainforest . The nuts develop inside large pods a lot like a coconut, there is a picture of one at the top of your screen. These pods are then collected when they mature and fall to the ground.
 

This trade represents a sustainable future for the rainforest. Families in Northern Bolivia can make a living by collecting brazils and other wild non timber forest products, a living good enough to provide medical care and university level education for their children. We are involved in a project with Kew gardens funded by the Darwin Initiative to increase the availability of these forest products. By buying a brazil pod you are making meaningful contribution to the preservation of the rain forest and hence bio diversity.