The brilliance of an economy that protects healthy forests | Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

The TED Talks Daily podcast features Ileana Saboa de Carvalho discussing Brazil's potential to become a "nature superpower" by redesigning its relationship with nature. She highlights the challenges of illegal deforestation and its connection to illicit economies, emphasizing the need to value standing forests more than cleared land. Carvalho outlines steps Brazil is taking, including making nature central to its national identity, building an inclusive bioeconomy rooted in local knowledge, creating a nature restoration economic sector, and pioneering nature finance innovations. She advocates for recognizing the intrinsic value of forests and nature, asserting that Brazil's success in building new economic models that value nature can be a model for other countries.