As many in our community know, in February 2018 we met with Rafael Benavides — a entrepreneur that is interested in the conservation of the forest in Tarapoto through a sustainable project called Bosque Guardian. Rafael further explained his vision for the project which includes a “green” or boutique hotel along with eco-bungalows designed by Ibuku (he showed us the master plans) in the middle of a 70 hectare property situated in one of the only unprotected parts of the rainforest in Tarapoto.

“We are working with the Ibuku studio in Bali, which is one of the best studies in architecture with bamboo in the world” said Benavides

In has been nearly four months since we announced our partnership with a project in the Perubian rainforest that is spearheading an ambitious new type of conservation model.

Last week we met with the Rafael Benavides, head of Bosque Guardian, and he provided us an update in regards to the on-site development and masterplan of the project.

With a project of this size, we understood that this would be long undertaking that would take months and even years to fulfill. Rafael, has commented on some of the advances that have been made in the past months and the goals for 2019.

Currently the project is in the construction phase. The Bosque Guardian foundation has initiated construction and acquisition of the surrounding land. As previously mentioned in our first article, the foundation currently owns roughly 70 hectares and the final goal is to acquire and protect 2,000 hectares of rainforest.

One of the pillars of the project is to create sustainable revenue streams from the hotel, establishments, and activities offered by the project. The project revolves around a Boutique Hotel area that will focus on sustainable tourism by doing the following:

Maintaining biodiversity. Maintaining and promoting natural, social, and cultural diversity is essential for long-term sustainable tourism, and create a resilient base for the industry.

Maintaining and promoting natural, social, and cultural diversity is essential for long-term sustainable tourism, and create a resilient base for the industry. Involving local communities. The full involvement of local communities in the tourism sector not only benefits them and the environment but also improves the quality of the tourism project.

The full involvement of local communities in the tourism sector not only benefits them and the environment but also improves the quality of the tourism project. Reducing over-consumption and waste. Reduce the over-consumption and costs of restoring long-term environmental damage and contribute to the quality of tourism.

Reduce the over-consumption and costs of restoring long-term environmental damage and contribute to the quality of tourism. Undertaking research. Incentivize research and monitoring by using effective data collection and analysis which are essential to help solve problems and bring benefits to destinations, the industry, and consumers.

Incentivize research and monitoring by using effective data collection and analysis which are essential to help solve problems and bring benefits to destinations, the industry, and consumers. Marketing tourism responsibly. Marketing that provides tourists with full and responsible information increases respect for the natural, social, and cultural environments of destination areas and enhances customer satisfaction.

We believe that, ecotourism -in its purest form- is conceived both as sustainable development and sustainable tourism. The important thing to keep in mind is to think of sustainability not only as a goal for ecotourism but perhaps, and more importantly, as the means of achieving that goal. Since sustainability is somehow difficult to quantify and measure, it is more important to emphasize sustainability as the intention and not necessarily the outcome.

There are several countries with one in particular which is Costa Rica that is the main pioneer in sustainable tourism. In this respect, Costa Rica is unique due to the scale of its ecotourism activity and its maturity when compared to other developing countries.

Over the years, Costa Rica has earned a reputation as the top ecotourism destination in the world. In some way, it is considered a kind of ecotourism’s celebrity by many international tourists. Bosque Guardian aims at executing the same ideas as similar projects in Costa Rica and it will be the first of it’s kind in Peru.

In 2019 we should expect the following from Bosque Guardian:

Initiate and finish the first part of the project construction

Launch Token Website

Release of the whitepaper

Launch Hotel Website

Begin Community Building

Blockchain Creation

Token Sale Offering

Stay tuned for more information, pictures, and updated on Bosque Guardian and other projects that are working with ChainZilla.

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Resources:

Bosque Guardian and ChainZilla featured on Peruvian Newspaper: https://gestion.pe/economia/empresas/tarapoto-tendra-primer-hotel-luxury-adventures-2019-240190

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