The man who grew his own Amazon rainforest - BBC World Service

A corner of the Amazon that had been cleared and used as farmland has been restored to rainforest.
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The man who owns it, Omar Tello, gave up his job as an accountant and spent 40 years recreating a patch of pristine forest in Ecuador, stretching just a few hundred metres in each direction.
He’s trying to encourage other landowners to do the same, so they can turn the tide of deforestation.
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[@pheelickscanari904]

Who else wants to grow their own forest

[@lisainger6751]

I have a forest growing in my living room :)

[@pheelickscanari904]

@@lisainger6751 that is EPIC

[@Dr.musicmaniac]

@@lisainger6751 I hve in my undergarment 🤫

[@shad.baksh1]

BBC... Oh no, marketing platform only. So that later it can be exploited.

[@Biophotogenesis]

Food Forest :) Better than having it shipped half way around the world all the while wasting fuel

[@redbaron9029]

The world need more people like him rather than politicians and banksters.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

you should try and become like this man.

[@ThomDeWit]

Or like every person who wipes their ass?

[@LucasMartin-im5ub]

Then the people need to take out the banksters and rotten politicians ASAP.

[@tmar8959]

Check out 'Indonesian madman turning arid hills green'. The lungs of the earth must be rescued!

[@vomm]

And meat eaters

[@HumbleMan78]

This man should have become the FOREST minister for his country..

[@michaelgusovsky]

Governments, and the corporations that control them, generally don’t allow good and noble people into high positions. And government isn’t necessary to make the world a better place, this guy is a great example, and an inspiration.

[@dannywhite132]

Planting a load of seeds/trees does not take the same skills as someone who's job is the negotiate land conservation, allocate money to development and protection of territories etc. This is a great guy but being a forrest minister takes far more skills than just liking the forrest.

[@JJJJ-jw8hc]

@@dannywhite132 fair, but at least we know this dude fr gives a shit ab the land and not just lining his pockets

[@dannywhite132]

@@JJJJ-jw8hc Yeah true if he has the necessary skills it would be great to see him doing the work

[@kanataidarov]

He should become the president or whatever highest rank is in their government

[@nithinagumithu]

In tamilnadu, India....there is Piyush manush who has almost done like this with 450 acres as a co operative forest initiative

[@the_pk]

There is one in Assam and one in Bundelkhand

[@vikramssctelugu6148]

in telangana too

[@k283535]

Google map location of that place

[@madhucv4312]

@@Julian8219Alvarez .🙏

[@shiva9484]

No good news from India in BBC.

[@CarlosHernandez-zl8xr]

I found this video just at the right time! I will try to contact Omar Tello, to learn from his invaluable experience for my own afforestation project in Colombia! I'm trying to replicate an Andean Cloud Forest from scratch in a small treeless area.

[@Northcountry1926]

Viva Colombia 🇨🇴

[@nandiniakella2398]

May god help you in all your endeavours 🙏 good luck 👍🏻

[@aditiraje4810]

Best wishes for your project

[@CarlosHernandez-zl8xr]

Thank you all... I'll do my best!

[@tonfisk9807]

👏🏽👏🏽

[@khadafiodido]

Even a broken hand couldn't stop him from caring and give back to mother earth 🖤

[@crappymeal]

Its inspiring

[@meisteremm]

I'm just amazed that it's been broken for forty years. The guy can grow some trees, but he sure can't produce enough calcium to knit his bones together.

[@amphiphil844]

@@meisteremm 😂

[@werebilbyj4449]

Ecuador is one of the main countries in South America that has started to restore their rainforests. This man is a gem and should be protected at all costs.

[@nelpe9703]

THESE people are real-life Supermen & Superwomen❤

[@BBCWorldService]

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[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Planty trees🌱🌳 🌲🌿🍃. Save many life on earth🌱🌍 🌍🌏🌱🌿🍃🌲🌳. Planty trees🌱 is a true hero🌱

[@mallikaharinath1418]

May the world have more of your kind!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@CricketfanEnglish]

Become one bro

[@BBCWorldService]

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[@kimberblue13]

@@BBCWorldService This man, Omar, deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize or something similar. He is one very awesome human being. Thank you Omar. :)

[@yahnikholloman202]

He did this in 40yrs. Imagine what the one can do in one.

[@hairyfishcakes]

What are you on about?

[@DALEKCHANNELYT]

@@hairyfishcakes he saying if a single man can do this in 40 years what can a million or more do in a year

[@baardmannetje1979]

what just thought i have to make the comment; that this is watched only 692k times says so much about where ppl are nowadays. They just dont care. So much respect to this man.

[@suparnakarchowdhury3449]

These people will be remembered forever by the coming generations.

[@ViktorVZ-ro]

These people will have living monuments for themselves for many generations.

[@roms7626]

Unfortunately no one will.

[@ShubhraPandey]

Love from India

[@Aryescent]

no they won’t

[@shanlynwebb]

Although I only have an acre I have started planting a native forest. If we all grew something native to our land it would help immensely. I have already noticed more native birds.

[@jrfw96]

This is what im saving up to do. Well done man

[@freshimpactco.8698]

It's a life long dream to restore some of what previous generations took away. God bless 💕🙏🏼💕

[@billjamal4764]

Exactly, and if we planted gardens instead of just grass, we would all rely less on the food chain, and more on ourselves and neighbors

[@billjamal4764]

Also local farmers

[@aptorres01]

just by not using chemicals in my back yard and letting whatever grows grow l have a plethora of bees, birds, lizards and insects species that frequent my property that my neighbors don't have. best of luck to you.

[@Babykendra647]

He should be in the world records..

[@moedervanbranko409]

And now imagine people would start getting together on projects like these.

[@vomm]

Uhm ... wake up and watch the video it's about people coming together on this project

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

they do its called permaculture and is full of free labor if you want to work someone elses land for them

[@cbc55]

This man restores the faith in humanity, God bless him ❤️

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Planty trees🌱🌳🌲. Save life 🌱🌍🍃👍

[@june_lobster4588]

I was in tears watching His dedication to help mother earth

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

you buy or plant any trees yet?

[@aleenathomas2762]

Incredible. Only few can do these noble deeds.

[@maryamirfan3591]

You can do it too

[@pizzariya544]

Anyone can if they tried

[@mattgraham296]

I’m starting year two in my locale. Fingers crossed but the wildflower bloom this spring is setting up pretty good.

[@annmorgana2848]

i disagree, when we let go of ego, and offer to assist the few even in tiny ways, we all can do these noble deeds.

[@vishwanthabuddhakorala8324]

Real Heroes of the World. These are the people who should be commended for their work.

[@lemonyskunkketts7781]

This person is legend.

[@randomvideoz5760]

Am also trying to grow my mini forest which wud b full.of fruit trees veggies flowers creepers and climbers shrubs etc. They r like my kids. Love dem. They make me so happy like nothing else can

[@Ianmybeloved_]

Me too. Plants make me feel alive

[@raksha846]

Found my kind of people

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

never feel better than a full belly from my own plants!

[@akshaypanambur907]

People like Omar are like limbs of the creator, I wish this sence prevails in all humans , that creation is not human centric , it's because all life prevails ,we exist... 🌳🙏

[@messiwess9860]

The creator and the creation are different don't merge them, creator is all powerful he doesn't need us we need him.

[@SydamorHD]

Why not stick to humans without mixing your imaginary friends in?

[@messiwess9860]

@@SydamorHD if there is no creator then there is no good or bad that means hitler escapes any punishment.

[@SydamorHD]

@@messiwess9860 I, especially as a german, do not define good or bad through a god. A lot of people do the same, thats why you go to jail and not to church if you commit a crime.

[@messiwess9860]

@@SydamorHD no Hiroshima Nagasaki, world War 1 and 2 , Iraq libya Afghanistan Vientnam there's a lot of things done not in the name of religion. Mao zedong Hitler, Joseph Stalin. Many people deserve more than just jail.

[@JohnWick-tc6fd]

World needs more people like Omar to save world for future generations

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[@masteryoda2207]

Beautiful people with beautiful activities

[@ilovegurusahib]

Without even watching the video I salute this man for the subtitle. Thanks Sir

[@vijaythallam]

Hats off to you, Omar. You have inspired me to attempt something similar in India.

[@BBCWorldService]

Let us know how you get on!

[@prasannakumarreddy5803]

Bro did you started plantation

[@shuchipareek4315]

Hats off to Mr. Omar!! He has given his entire life for this forest. Truly inspirational!!🙏🙏

[@dubtownman9508]

I love this man's passion and vision for saving the ecosystem

[@nakshatrat2501]

Amazing. Inspirational. World need more men like him

[@rajagopal5532]

The world needs more people like them... Working selflessly with passion.....❤❤

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[@raymondflagstaff2919]

its amazing how many people say this instead of, I am going to do that. Always someone else who has gotta do it

[@lancesay]

i love this story... ppl are blindly chasing this dream of getting rich by clearing land to plant crops but they really dont have even a goal than what and how to overcome the next level.

[@alisonhilaryco1898]

Everybody start in your own backyards 😊 every tree and flower counts.

[@N000-reply]

What a legend, wouldn't it be good if charity's actually supported these people who really do care for the environment

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

again with the inefficient dissemination of money... stop demanding money and go plant your own forest

[@N000-reply]

@@raymondflagstaff2919 🤣

[@klomax7089]

I cannot find words for how amazing this is. Thank you so much for sharing this, I am inspired. 😊🙏🏾😊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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[@toribreathsfire]

He has so many rare tropical plants this is amazing

[@PATRICbatemen]

hands off to that man i just cried seeing this our education system should change

[@kellyanngalola1112]

Wow! Wish to do it here in Philippines to my newly bought land in the countryside.

[@soniavinluan8979]

Good thing for you.. Good luck..

[@rekhakhaitan5867]

I think people and the government can still plant trees around concrete jungle and make a thick forest if they have a will but they r only interested in winning elections and coming to power shame to those people they only want to create hell

[@mjtorres7721]

Amazing project! What a wonderful man.

[@mad-_-observer]

Donating to these land owners to regrow their forest is a really good idea.

[@lsabetian2663]

Dear BBC, this video publication gave me goose bumps. You “The British Broadcasting Corporation”, with our money, have the platform of power to make this kind of thing come true. Long may he continue his wondrous effort to keep our planet Green, for a little longer!

[@dh2950]

There should be a gofundme page to support this man and farmers like him restore the rain forests. Open it up to tourism. I would definitely support both

[@veramae4098]

Use "Ecosia" as your search engine.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

capitalizing on it is not the point... the point is get off your A and go do it

[@runnyhunny786]

THE WORLD NEEDS MUCH MORE MEN LIKE HIM. 🙏❤🌍👍🌿🌱🌿🌲🌲🌳🌳🌲🌱🌲🌱🌳🍀☘🌾☘🍀🌳❤

[@alaskatheakita7217]

This man is my hero

[@MMM-cf4md]

People like him are special .. selfless and heroic. 🌳🌴🌲

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[@bluethird]

Music has been chosen with due diligence, fits like a glove... The music, rainforest noises and narrator's voices are perfectly balanced! I have know idea about film production or editing but I can appreciate the talent showcased in this snippet 👏

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[@cybertaiga9534]

Take a bow to this great individual Omar Tello! What an incredible story and service for all life on earth. Absolutely inspiring!

[@thrshr6669]

Thank you for showing us the human heart!

[@sarlapurohit1216]

Hat's off, without tree no one can survived on the earth.

[@mihiec]

Without alge in sea.... They produce majority of oxygen

[@mihiec]

But we need forset for rain. Forset make rain soft rain and good ground water level. Without forset we can have only heavy storms... So dry weather or heavy rain that the future without forest

[@divyabarathi3084]

If God is the creator then Omar is one. Thank you this great Story!

[@warpnin3]

Omar is not a creator, but a gardener like Adam before him.

[@trisha7162]

Not only replenishing the earth but replenishing our souls,we are so thirsty for this beauty in our world .

[@graphite2786]

@@warpnin3 Adam was never a gardener. After he gained knowledge he was expelled from Eden and became a farmer. God commanded Adam to subdue the land. That biblical line has been used by millions of people to destroy the environment. To subdue it in the name of god. The old Gods of Ecuador respected the forests. The Europeans called them demons and made the Ecuadorian people worship the crazed god of the Jews and Christians. To cut down the forests and tear up the land for gold. To give riches to the demonic preachers, who live like kings, while the farmers live in the dirt. For a thousand years we have heard your lies, he is coming, donate to us! You will be saved! Lies, lies, lies.

[@kvbcycles]

Great story! Thank you! I am going to use this in my ESL classroom for sure.

[@BBCWorldService]

Great! Let us know how it goes!

[@karlvonbrandis9321]

@@BBCWorldService Went well! I live and teach in Melilla. It´s a Spanish city on the African continent and it only 12 square kilometers in size and the environmental challenges here are quite unique and it has problems, particularly with litter. We generated some interesting discussion from this video and it definetely helped raise awareness in their minds about the environment, how fragile it is and to understand there are ways to help turn the tide. Thanks for the great content.

[@BBCWorldService]

@@karlvonbrandis9321 So glad to hear it! And thanks for letting us know. How is lockdown/pandemic going out there?

[@lindab.6245]

The only thing this amazing man is mad with is passion for our forests!! Beautiful madness...

[@gardenweedsgrower]

In times like these we need convert our wasteful lawns and backyards to permaculture food forest gardens landscapes with perennial drought and heat tolerant plants to provide food year long for our family, friends and neighbors. It’s healthy and better for us mentality/physically and the environment. You will get your vitamins C from the food you grown and vitamin D from the sun. :)

[@I_Kan]

Most definitely 🙌🏽

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

be aware to maintain such a thing, and i fully advocate it, you must do much more work than hitting it with a lawnmower bi-weekly

[@branonlamphere9624]

HOA would never agree. Gotta have green perfectly cut grass.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

@@branonlamphere9624 living in an HOA is a sorry kind of nuts

[@branonlamphere9624]

@@raymondflagstaff2919 unfortunately those damn associations are everywhere.

[@fionawebb9668]

Absolutely awesome. May he be supported to continue his work.

[@cely4455]

As a nature lover, I salute you Sir👍🏼❗️😇❤️ Conservation, Preservation and Restoration of all God Creations are so Divine and Noble to be witnessed by the next next next generations to come ❗️🙏❤️Thank you🙏

[@zsong9600]

It was "MAD" to cut down so much of the rainforest. Omar is an Eco Hero.

[@the-ornamentalist]

the type of news I needed today

[@BBCWorldService]

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[@susan0267]

So amazing ! What an incredible human being. I pray that his land stays protected from greedy people. We definitely need more places like these 💚🌿🌳🌲🌱

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Planty trees 🌱🌳🌲🌿🍃. Save our planet 🌎🌍🌏🌱🌿🍃🌲🌳🦜🌱

[@waterlover]

Love his way of thinking completely love it. Gives me hopes for mankind

[@brandyysupandillacolitas]

A oasis for nature 🌱🌲🌿🌳🌴🪱🕸🐛🐍🦎

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

What a strong men for planty trees to created a rainforest to save our planet 🌎 🌍🌏🌱🌿🍃🌲🌳. Planty trees. Save life 🌱🌍🍃🦋🐛🕷🐜🐞🦗🐌🦜🐦🐁🐀🦔🦡🦥🦉🦇🐍🐝🌱🌿🍃🌲🌳🕊

[@crltrs9023]

I always dream i can do that!

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

stop dreaming and buy a shovel

[@hectorlemos7166]

Gracias Omar Tello, un ejemplo para el mundo. Thanks Omar for showing the world that things can be done to preserve the beauty of our planet.

[@xandercage702]

You can become the king of your jungle by growing it. So please grow your own jungle❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@ResidentEvilReVerseUniverse]

This is a good man right here, he restored the forest.

[@Naikanlady]

Thank you so much, Omar Tello, for doing such a terrific work! The world needs more of your generous souls:-)

[@rasbijalpatel310]

Omar has a vision. Time and time again Some will conserve. Great to see his conscious efforts. Beautiful creatures hv a home.

[@skyrocketcoast219]

Bless him a zillion times over for creating that Oasis land!

[@AB-vb2mm]

We need more of this people, not soul less money makers!

[@sudarsanrosh7069]

A great service for man and nature.really incredible..!

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

this is what people don't understand... mankind and nature are partners. They work together. We can do more for nature than it could ever do for itself, but we must do it.

[@steffsteph]

This really warmed my heart.

[@peteredeson5647]

We cannot have enough trees,woods and forests in this world!

[@spicychef7]

God bless you Mr. Omar Tello.

[@rehanasheriff332]

Great work Omar not only restoring the amazon forest , also giving life to many living beings .

[@btdarterschannel112]

Really liked this video. Nature can have such healing powers! Thank you, God! 😃🌱🌴🦗🐜🦎🕊👍

[@dhanlaxmibhonsale8695]

people like these bring hope for the planet

[@tuyl654]

You are a proud son of Mother Earth and a global citizen by your own deeds....❤️

[@vinss5089]

I admit your courage and determination. How can anyone dislike this video. Can't they see this person's effort? People only think about making money not even give a thought that our environment is diminishing with time.

[@ItsyBitsyChelly]

This is great. These kind of stories are happening all over the world actually. Yacouba Sawadogo had a documentary made about him in 2012 for finding a way to grow crops in the desert. I hope more people become this passionate about taking care of the Earth.

[@warunasolangaarachchi9463]

We should be thankful to Omar for every breath we inhale!

[@aishaexo-l611]

Good blessed him! He don't know this but he's saving animals that were at the verge of extinction and he is restoring the hope of humanity for many people.

[@harishsomayaji]

Amazing. I am trying to do something similar about 100 km from Bengaluru.

[@kayholand_]

hope it is going well and kudos for you amazing heart :)

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

good luck!

[@thenewearth5313]

Now this guy deserves a statue!

[@indikatillakaratne9634]

We need more people like this in our little planet xxxxxxx

[@antony5430]

Trees bring happiness and oxygen.

[@teganjimenez7846]

Such an inspiring and uplifting story😊💓 Thank you so much for helping make the world a better place💓

[@BBCWorldService]

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[@drjayakumarp996]

Hattsoff Omar sir..people like you are the real heroes saving planet Earth unlike so called heroes in Marvel movies. Am trying to grow as many plants in little balcony of my flat.

[@livinglife3352]

Great sirs. This is true understanding of nature. 10 million hectares of forest land is deforested every year - great loss for future generations. Saving forest is saving future generations.

[@jenniferbrown7659]

Omar is fabulous, driven, and obviously loves the Earth. Thank you. Jennifer. Decarur GA USA

[@matthewcain2880]

There are many people that practice “Permacutlure”🌱 also restoring their suburban yards by growing native edible plants and non native perennial edible plants🍇🍊🍌that grow well in their climate. Brad Lancaster in the Tucson Arizona area is one of them🌱

[@flavarz]

Thank you for sharing KZbin!!! Blessings to this man for his good work and others doing the same for Mother Earth.🙏🙌

[@ahmadyousef7943]

He deserves a medal for doing that

[@gazepskotzs4]

This man did what i m dreaming about for years.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

get crackin! one man isn't enough... one straw maybe, but not one man

[@shethewriter]

Wow, I would love to learn more from him about how he did this

[@supershiny98]

I wish to have this kind of purpose for the world but I know I can’t, this man is incredibly inspiring. ❤️

[@aprilsmith3683]

Brilliant man... Brilliant forest... Brilliant initiative...paying for a service...people growing rain forests...🇿🇦

[@ShootingStarfromTheMoreYouKnow]

This really is enough to make you wanna cry. If I could hit the lottery one day, I wouldn't mind spending a fair share of it to preserve and restore what was lost.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

money is not the solution... passionate laborers or bust

[@0369sweetp]

Well done great job. Universal law will happy with this guy creating good karma with nature and animals, by giving back the beauty and home to animals.❤💖

[@neemanaeemi9084]

Why can’t reforesting be profitable? 30% of the Amazon rain forest consists of edible or medicinal plants. People have lived with the jungle for a long time and made their livelihood from it. Start by planting a fruit trees between existing flora. Most trees don’t need direct sunlight like we think, the soil network is just as important. Keep building soil around the trees you want to favor and in 2 years the system will take care of itself.

[@raymondflagstaff2919]

reforesting is profitable in america its very common

[@deepfriedmarsbars4355]

Only a mad man can achieve something so great. Your opion about this man is greatly insignificant

[@JayJayRealhiphop]

We need this now so much. Everywhere, but especially in South-America and Africa.