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harvesting the huarango pod

The Huarango (Prosopis pallida) forests of the south coast of Peru are among the most highly threatened ecosystems on earth. The remaining trees are important primary producers, preventing desertification and providing the principal refuge for biodiversity in large areas of hyper-arid desert. They also furnish an extraordinary cornucopia of food, forage and other products, used by local people for thousands of years. The majority of the Huarango forests have been cleared for fuel and large-scale agriculture. The few remaining relics are currently suffering illegal felling and burning for the production of charcoal, which is sold in the cities. The project region (Ica and Nazca) is home to over 600,000 people, the majority of whom are very poor and have few economic resources. The Huarango offers a sustainable future. Taken from: "Habitat restoration and sustainable use of southern Peruvian dry forest" (More here: http://www.kew.org/scihort/tropameric...

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