PERU: Natives Trade Deforestation For Charcoal.

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Remote villagers are cutting down the remains of 1,000-year-old huarango forests for charcoal and firewood. The long-burning huarango is a hardwood like teak that outlasts other forms of charcoal.
“We don’t realize that we are cutting off one of our own limbs when we destroy a huarango,” said Consuelo Borda, who helps direct a small reforestation project here, explaining how the tree’s pods can be ground into flour, sweetened into molasses or fermented into beer.