Otto Valadares is one of the beneficiaries of ABC Cerrado Project, which is improving management and conservation of the Cerrado forest, the second largest biome in South America. He is a lawyer and the manager of the Tamboril Farm located in the city of Arinos, Minas Gerais state. His farm works with livestock production and through the ABC Cerrado program has received technical and management assistance to help recover degraded pasture and improve the cattle´s production.