Amazon Bio-Economy and Health
Marcelo Salazar: This week we learn how better public health and the commercialization of key forest products can help reduce deforestation. Marcelo Salazar is an Amazon pioneer. For more than a decade he has worked to advance forest based economies through Instituto Socio-Ambiental. Now, today, he also is working on a new strategy to reduce deforestation by improving public health. Originally conceived in Indonesia, Marcelo is helping to bring the Health-in-Harmony program to the Amazon for the first time. We mention a new Amazon candy bar startup as well.
