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Article: Gardens of hope: symbiotic plantings of trees with crops are boosting harvests, healing degraded land, and making life better for these hard-working Peruvian Indians. (includes related information in COICA - Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indigenas de la Cuenca Amazonica)
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- American Forests
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- November 1, 1990
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Can you recreate Eden?
In a remote area of central Peru, a group of determined Indians is trying. Using only organic materials and manual labor, they are reclaiming land degraded by years of misuse-replanting it with trees, orchards, native vegetables, and traditional crops. In five years, they have turned a worn-out, treeless cow pasture into an ecological garden.
Their garden gives more than food. It gives hope. It is, the Indians believe, a practical alternative for saving the Amazon rainforest, their culture, and their lives.
The forest is our mother," says Manuel Huaya. "As long as the forest exists, we can meet all our needs."
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