Instituto Terra

Instituto Terra was founded by Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado as a response to the environmental degradation they witnessed on Sebastião’s family land. What began as an ambitious reforestation project has since become a thriving ecosystem, restoring a vital part of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Today, their son Juliano Salgado has taken on a key role in carrying this legacy forward. Juliano brings a new generation’s perspective and commitment to the institute, overseeing projects that continue the work of reforestation, conservation, and environmental education. Under his guidance, Instituto Terra remains a family-led mission of regeneration, showing that healing the land can be a shared, generational endeavor.

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