{"id":1861,"date":"2018-06-23T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildff.org\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2018-06-23T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T08:00:33","slug":"an-hour-with-ana-amable-entrepreneur-innovator-and-future-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildff.org\/an-hour-with-ana-amable-entrepreneur-innovator-and-future-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"An hour with Ana Amable: entrepreneur, innovator and Future Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
At the beginning of the year, the Future Leaders gathered at the Las Piedras Amazon Center for the last time as part of the pilot program. For the past five years, we\u2019ve been working to up-skill and empower 50 young leaders in the Madre de Dios region of Peru, to advance sustainable development in the area known as the \u2018biodiversity capital of the world\u2019. Although the pilot has finished, the Future Leaders continue to have a positive impact in their region. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ana Amable, who joined the program in its first year, shares why it\u2019s so important to live sustainably, and tells us about how her ecotourism business, Grupo Amable, is helping local communities connect with nature and raising awareness about why business needs to be sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n