A community in Mexico reforests its land against the advance of illegal logging

Mongabay
Mar 2, 2022, 10:05 am298 pts
Jorge Zavaleta points out the pine trees that line the path we’re walking on and pauses to tell his story. “Before, all of this was potato crops. Now it is forest,” Zavaleta says. Hundreds of pines and oyamel fir trees (Abies religiosa) surround this area; most were planted 15 years ago. Temperate forests…

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