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"Armando López Pocol is showing off some of the thousands of trees he has
planted in Pachaj, his village in the highlands of western Guatemala, when he
suddenly halts his white pickup truck. Alongside an American volunteer, Lyndon
Hauge, he gazes out over a charred field. Clouds of smoke are still billowing
from the ground.
As he walks through the ash-covered field, his optimistic speech turns to
sadness and he pauses in silence to take in the barren landscape.
Before the fire, this 2-hectare (5-acre) plot of land in the mountains of
Cantel was home to 2,000 trees, all planted through Pocol’s reforestation
project.
Over a quarter of a century, he and his small team of volunteers and community
members have planted thousands of trees, regenerating the landscape of
Guatemala’s highlands and mitigating the impacts of the climate crisis, while
also generating revenue for local communities."
Via
Positive.News
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
