Ibiti Projecto: Rewilding a 6,000 hectares forest through hospitality

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Ibiti Projecto is a socio-environmental project focused on another way of inhabiting the planet, respectful and regenerative. Here, immersive and authentic hospitality serves a wider project: rewilding of 6,000 hectares, reintroduction of endangered species, sustainable production of organic food and the revival of a rural community. Premium eco-tourism experiences are transformative both to the travelers and to the place). Ibiti Projecto is a testimony that authentic place-based development can generate measurable social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.

Challenge

To establish IbiLand as the first Living Lab in a global regenerative hospitality movement – a demonstrator of how hospitality can be a catalyst for regeneration of ecosystems, culture and communities, as well as a driver for inclusive prosperity. The Lab will be a learning and prototyping space to co-create methods and replicate net-positive hospitality practices worldwide.

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How Regenopolis helped

Approach

  • Co-design regenerative hospitality practices: prototyping regenerative practices on various components such as food, land restoration, culture and livelihoods
  • Build ecosystem of partners: mobilize and engage with international partners to accelerate and amplify
  • Learn & Share: develop toolkits, case studies and open-source methodologies towards replicable models; amplify, advocate and share stories.
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Our impact

The project resulted in significant outputs and outcomes

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Case studies

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The ambition was not simply to reduce environmental impact, but to understand how the house could use its heritage, influence and relationships to help regenerate the living system upon which its future depends.

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