Central America's tropical rainforests:
Nations, J.D.
Central America's tropical rainforests: Positive steps for survival - 1983 - Printed
Illustrations, maps, references p. 238
The article focuses on a number of projects being carried out by the local inhabitants which utilize the rainforests of Central America in a sustained manner. The Lacandon Maya, a rainforest Indian group in Chiapas, Mexico, for example, practice a multi-layered cropping system that combines up to 75 crop species in single ha plots surrounded by rainforest. After 7 years, fruit trees are planted on the sites and the fruit harvested until the jungle finally overcomes the fruit trees. The cycle is then repeated.
English
Agroforestry
Central America
Deforestation
Ecosystems
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
Resource conservation
Tropical rain forests
Central America's tropical rainforests: Positive steps for survival - 1983 - Printed
Illustrations, maps, references p. 238
The article focuses on a number of projects being carried out by the local inhabitants which utilize the rainforests of Central America in a sustained manner. The Lacandon Maya, a rainforest Indian group in Chiapas, Mexico, for example, practice a multi-layered cropping system that combines up to 75 crop species in single ha plots surrounded by rainforest. After 7 years, fruit trees are planted on the sites and the fruit harvested until the jungle finally overcomes the fruit trees. The cycle is then repeated.
English
Agroforestry
Central America
Deforestation
Ecosystems
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
Resource conservation
Tropical rain forests