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In Quintana Roo, gum helps subsistence farmers chew more [1]

Meena Menon

Chicle, or gum, is extracted, sold at 55 pesos a kg; 50 years ago, they got five kg from a tree

12 million people live in Mexico's forest areas: Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Forestry

CANCUN: Santos Eligio prepares to climb the 12-metre-tall gum tree with his rope in place and a large machete, which he uses to expertly slash the trunk criss-cross.

Publication Date: 
06/12/2010
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Agroforestry [4], Forest Products [5], REDD [6], Mexico [7], Climate Change [8]

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