In this example of an agroforest, "Juçara", a palm cultivated for its fruit and its appreciated palm-heart, is growing in the shadow of different trees, some of them producing timber, others fruits.
In this example of an agroforest, "Juçara", a palm cultivated for its fruit and its appreciated palm-heart, is growing in the shadow of different trees, some of them producing timber, others fruits.
Indigenous knowledge from central and south- america shows us that it's possible produce cocoa in a complexe system of bigger trees, shadowing the lower cocoa plants.
Example of agroforestry cocoa production
If reforestation transforms biodiversity into huge monocultures, thats neither good for carbonstorage nor does't it protect the natural environment of endangered especies.
Bibi van der Zee denounces how reforestation is done in an unsustainable way all over the planet.
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