Tales of the Forest
Welcome to Tales of the Forest, the editorial space of Silvery Refugio Natural, where we explore regenerative tourism, biodiversity, and nature-based business models in Colombia.
Research is in our DNA
Back in 2024 we launched a research project with Geolimna group at Universidad de Antioquia, and what we found surprised us. In the business world, we measure everything: revenue, costs, occupancy, customer satisfaction. If it’s not on a dashboard, it doesn’t exist. Yet in the early days, we ran Silvery without scientifically measuring what mattered most, we didn’t know whether the forest we had planted was actually working.
https://www.silveryrefugio.com/tales-of-the-forest/research-is-in-our-dna.html
From Cattle Ranch to Regenerated Forest: What 23,000 Trees Taught Me About Business
Twenty years ago, this place was an abandoned cattle ranch, with degraded pastures and fragile water springs. Today it is a forest with 23,000 trees, more than 110 bird species, and a business model that learned to think in decades rather than quarters.
https://www.silveryrefugio.com/tales-of-the-forest/cattle-regenerated-forest-antioquia.html
The Story of Silvery
Two decades ago, my sister and I made a life-defining decision: to invest in a piece of land in San Carlos, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia we had never visited, where the memories of violence were still fresh. At the invitation of one of our closest friends, we purchased an abandoned cattle ranch and began transforming it, tree by tree, into a forest. Today, Silvery Refugio Natural is a place to rest, learn, and reconnect. It is a project that measures its impact and cares for the territory with rigor.
https://www.silveryrefugio.com/tales-of-the-forest/story-of-silvery.html
