Rainforest Rescue: Sustainable Farming

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The best way to CARE FOR THE CANOPIES? Learn about the indigenous farming practices that have influenced the environmentally friendly production of everyday products sourced directly from the rainforest.

RAINFORESTS are full of biological wonders; filling our medicine cabinets and grocery stores with essential products sourced directly from the canopies. But if deforestation continues at the current rate — 28 million hectares lost a year — global rainforests will be wiped out in 76 years.

How can we learn to farm sustainably in the rainforest without causing any harm? The answer may lie in indigenous farming techniques.

Centuries of sustainable farming techniques

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