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Restoring degraded land in Brazil would bring significant economic benefits for businesses, in addition to creating jobs and contributing to carbon sequestration. These are some of the conclusions of the study “Room to Grow: The Economic Case for Forest Restoration in Brazil”, developed by the Orbitas initiative in partnership with IIS.

The study indicates that companies and investors could gain up to USD 141 billion through restoration efforts, and the entire country would benefit from the creation of around 360,000 jobs per year and the sequestration of 451 million tonnes of carbon. According to the research, these actions would also revitalise rural economies in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest biomes.