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Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest destruction also wreaks havoc on local populations who depend on the rainforest for their survival.

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) helps farmers reverse rainforest destruction with sustainable land-use practices that allow them to take control of their environmental and economic destinies.

Since 1997, SHI has worked with nearly 1,000 families and 900 students in Honduras, Panama, Belize and Nicaragua implementing alternatives to slash-and-burn farming, the leading cause of rainforest destruction in the region. Working with local field personnel trained by SHI, our participants have:

  • Planted more than 2,000,000 trees.
  • Converted 6,000 acres to sustainable uses, thereby saving 30,000 acres from slash-and-burn destruction.
  • Improved nutrition through the establishment of more than 200 organic vegetable gardens.
  • Increased farm income up to 800%.
  • Built more than 600 wood-conserving stoves (saving 6,000 trees per year)
As you can see, SHI is doing much more than planting trees to save the environment and curb world hunger. Our comprehensive approach allows rural people to raise their standard of living without clearing forest, which greatly benefits not only their families, but your family too!

Website: http://www.sustainableharvest.org
Related Groups: Smaller World
Tags: agriculture, Animals, belize, Carbon, Central America, children, climate, communities, Cooperative, development, Earth, Economy, Education, Environment, farming, food, forests, Global Crises, global warming, Health, honduras, hunger, immigration, international, Latin America, Nicaragua, nutrition, organic, panama, planting trees, poverty, service trips, sustainable, sustainable development, travel, trees, tropical, tropics, women, youth

 

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Started by: Sarah Kennedy on 09/13/07 		1 09/13/07
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Started by: Deanna Ford on 09/10/07 		1 09/10/07
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