SAVE THE DATE: Study Tour 2026 – Restoring the Hileia Baiana.

Every tree grows from a seed—and every legacy grows from a dream. In the first cycle of the FASB Program, we laid the foundation for work built with communities.

Consolidated by the second cycle, FASB has been strengthening its roots and continuing its networking, with an even broader mission to restore biodiversity by connecting landscapes and generating decades of value for the standing forest.

The legacy of the FASB naturally leads us to envision new horizons. 

Although we still have questions to answer, we already have a vision that is beginning to take shape.

The Hileia Baiana, with its dense tropical forest rich in biodiversity, is a territory that offers possibilities for generating broader impacts, built step by step, with responsibility and dialogue.

Pioneer tree of the Atlantic Forest, territory covered by the FASB Programme in the Hileia Baiana.

The event

The Study Tour is an invitation to revisit the history of FASB, celebrate achievements, and recognise the protagonists of this story.

It is also a time to look ahead, share intentions and explore, with partners, what can be born when we combine experience, collaboration and the desire to restore new territories.

On this study trip, we will celebrate what has already blossomed and make room to discover together what else can be born to rejuvenate the Hileia Baiana. 

The best stories are those written by the experiences we live.

Felipe Rocha, Field Officer at iNovaland, planting trees as part of the Corredor Alcoprado Project, Bahia, Brazil.

Felipe Rocha, Field Officer iNovaland em monitoramento do plantio de mudas de árvores nativas da Mata Atlântica no Projeto Fábio Santos, municíío de Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia, Brasil.

The experience

Vamos vivenciar na prática a capacidade e qualidade técnica do FASB e as conexões catalizadoras de projetos escaláveis de restauração ambiental realizados com o engajamento de públicos diversos, a programação do Study Tour 2026 promoverá atividades o mais próximo possível do que é um processo de restauração ambiental com o engajamento de desenvolvedores de projetos, instituições, investidores e poder público.

Aerial view of the ecological corridor in Hileia Baiana, municipality of Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia/Brazil.

Recognised impact

E teremos um momento exclusivo para celebrar os impactos do Programa FASB – em todas as suas etapas de desenvolvimento – conquistados pelo protagonismo e comprometimento das comunidades e viabilizado por investidores que acreditam no poder socioambiental da restauração de paisagens.

Watch the transformation of the landscape of forest restoration intended for SAF (Agroforestry Systems) at the Anauá Nursery, part of the FASB Programme, in the municipality of Teixeira de Freitas.

Before: 2023 / After: 2026.

The learning

Participants in the 2026 Study Tour will learn first-hand about iNovaland's experience and how it operates in line with the most rigorous standards of social and environmental integrity.

Together, we will present and explore possibilities for establishing the expansion of the territorial landscape restoration activities to the Hileia Baiana region as a class of scalable and sustainable assets. 

We will celebrate what has already blossomed and we will make room to discover together what can still be done to rejuvenate the Hileia Baiana. 

The photo on the right is from the Connecting Landscapes Project in the Alegria Nova Indigenous Community, developed by the Natureza Bela Environmental Group.

The place

The Study Tour 2026 will begin in the municipality of Porto Seguro, with visits to projects in the municipalities of Teixeira de Freitas and Medeiros Neto, all in the southern and extreme south of Bahia. These are areas that belong to the Atlantic Forest cover called Hileia Baiana.

Hileia Baiana

Hileia Baiana is the name given to the Atlantic Forest of Tabuleiro, which originally covered an area stretching from the south of the state of Bahia to the north of the state of Espírito Santo. 

Entre as fitofisionomias da Mata Atlântica algumas apresentam um conjunto de características regionais e territoriais bastante singulares e peculiares, como é o caso da Hileia Baiana. Uma das regiões fitogeográficas da Mata Atlântica, a Hileia Baiana foi uma das últimas a ser desmatada em larga escala, tendo perdido a maior parte da sua cobertura florestal entre as décadas de 60 e 80.

It has a unique and highly diverse biota with high levels of endemism and influence from previous connections with the Amazon biome. The biodiversity present in the forests
The territory's geographical diversity, combined with its cultural diversity, makes it unique in terms of forestry for economic development associated with the conservation and enhancement of forest diversity. Its location and the landscape of the plateaus have favoured human occupation and the development of cities throughout Brazil's history.

And it is in this territory that the FASB Programme has been expanding its projects. Learn more about this region in the following slide show:

The agenda

The programme includes three days of indoor and field activities, together with iNovaland experts, project developers, non-governmental organisations and private companies, investors and traditional communities from the surrounding area.

New updates to the agenda will be announced shortly through this channel and the profile on LinkedIn and of the Instagram from iNovaland.

See how previous events went!

Come and enjoy a unique experience of growth and learning at this three-day event with an exclusive group!

Places are limited to 40 participants.

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact comunicacao.fasb@inovaland.earth or call us via telephone/WhatsApp: