Conservation International

A natural partnership

The Organic Festival Trancoso was created by French culinary consultant Charles Piriou together with UXUA, whose co-founder Bob Shevlin sits on the deliberative board of one the most important and dynamic conservation organizations in the country: Conservation International Brazil.

Organic Festival believes global acceptance of values of conservation requires focusing on human aspirations and dreams, connecting a commitment to the environment to a commitment to each other, friends, family, a pursuit of social connection and fun. The partnership with one of the word’s greatest conservation organizations fits in naturally with the utopian optimism of Organic Festival, and each year CI Brazil curates the socio-environmental programming of the event and hosts daily activies at the Casa CI on Trancoso’s Historic Quadrado, as well as providing fish from sustainable fishing projects of the region.

Some background on Conservation International Brazil

People need nature - and since 1990, Conservation International has been working to protect it.

CI uses science, policy, and partnerships to conserve critical ecosystems that provide food and water, sustain economies, and regulate the climate. The aim is to care for nature and human well-being simultaneously.

With a multidisciplinary team - experts in diverse fields such as biology, geography, forestry, economics, indigenous peoples, oceanography, and others - CI Brasil works every day to demonstrate that people need nature to thrive and that it’s an essential part of the solution to our global challenges.

Currently, CI Brazil has more than 70 collaborators working to conserve priority areas in the Amazon, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, and the Atlantic ocean.