A little bit about us. We’re a non profit organization, Amigos de Iracambi, supporting a Research Center which is based on a sustainable forest farm where we can put our ideas to work. We’re in the buffer zone of the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park in the mountains of the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. It’s an area of extraordinary beauty, abundant water and exceptional biodiversity.

The name Iracambi comes from the Tupi Indian words “ira” (honey) and “cambi” (milk): our vision is to see this beautiful land of milk and honey restored, with thriving communities living sustainably in a thriving landscape. We’re doing this through our research, our programs and our projects, working with the community to make the conservation of the rainforest more attractive than its destruction.

It’s a big job and our strategy is to create unusual partnerships – college lecturers with local schoolkids, international volunteers with farm families. Every year we welcome dozens of people of all ages and backgrounds, volunteers, researchers, interns, and professionals from five continents who spend anything from one to six months sharing their skills with us and learning new ones.

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