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MAYAN RAINFOREST FARMING

Subtitle: ECOLOGY WORKSHOP Series

29 minutes/Grades 9-12

Produced by Hans-Ernst Weitzel

The tropical rainforests are being destroyed at an alarming
rate for timber harvesting and the creation of cropland and cattle
pastures. In nearly all cases the result is massive erosion, and
often desertification. Here is a model of successful rainforest
agriculture. On the Yucatan Peninsula, there still exist a few
"solares," or orchards, where Mayan farmers continue a sustainable
form of agriculture. Imitating the rain forest itself, they grow a
variety of vegetables and non-food crops in the shade of their
fruit trees.

Awards: Editor's Choice, Science Books & Films

• "In the classroom, the film is useful from several
  perspectives; it shows ecological relationships in an everyday
  practical vein, illustrates an old culture and how change takes
  place, and looks at the values of sustaining the world's tropical
  rain forests." Science Books & Films
  

Subject Areas: RAINFORESTS, AGRICULTURE, ECOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, GLOBAL ISSUES, CENTRAL
AMERICA, MEXICO

ISBN: 1-56029-015-3

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