Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation 3,000 Years Ago

By Tim Hewison, posted on July 29th, 2009 in Agriculture, Ecosystems, Sustainability

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Paleoethnobotanists have concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture.

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