The man who grew his own Amazon rainforest - BBC World Service

A corner of the Amazon that had been cleared and used as farmland has been restored to rainforest. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM The man who owns it, Omar Tello, gave up his job as an accountant and spent 40 years recreating a patch of pristine forest in Ecuador, stretching just a few hundred metres in each direction. He’s trying to encourage other landowners to do the same, so they can turn the tide of deforestation. Watch more videos of people fixing the world here:    • People fixing the world   Find more videos about amazing trees here:    • Amazing trees   A video for People Fixing the World by Daniel Gordon Drone footage by Felix Frank ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Amazon #EarthDay2020