The Floresta Viva Institute is an organization that works for the preservation of the Atlantic Forest on the Southern Bahia coast and believes in the coexistence between human beings and the environment. The institution was created from the Floresta Viva program, which worked between 2001 and 2003 to solve two structural problems in the Environmental Protected Area (APA for its acronym in Portuguese) Itacaré/ Serra Grande: environmental degradation and social exclusion in rural areas. Its action is focused on the coast of Southern Bahia, encompassing protected areas and rural communities through the development of environmental restoration activities. 

The Floresta Viva Institute operates within four lines of action, which are permanently interposed and in dialogue with each other, guiding the organization’s actions: Research, Serra Grande's Botanical Garden, Forest Restoration and Native Seedling Nursery. 

Communication with other third sector organizations, companies, networks, public agencies and governments makes socio-environmental engagement a characteristic of the Institute, which recognizes the participation of multiple and diverse social actors to achieve effective socio-environmental results in its territory of operation.