Splitting residuals and composting with @movida_maya

In the planetary scale, tropical ecosystems are considered some of the most complex, but also some of the most fragile. In less than 6% of the surface covered by these, they host the 50% of the species of known organisms. The 45% of tropical humid forests are found in America, where in Mexico and just before the Colony, an estimated 11% of the surface of the country or 220, 000 sq km was covered by these forests, but to this day, only 10% percent of that is left.

Between 1935-1940 under the government of mexican president Lazaro Cardenas (only 30 years after the last Mayan rebels were subdued by the mexican federal forces in what is known as the "Cast war", and after almost 500 years of continous attack since the Colony) communities of the "Mayan zone" were endowed with 420ha each for the exploitation of the jungle and its precious woods, such as Mahogany and Cedar, and other non-timber resources like the Sapodilla tree, from where bubble gum is produced.

In 1954, Forest Explotation Units (FEU) were created along the National Forest law, authorizing concessionaires to legally exploit large wooden areas, where natives were obliged by the former law to comply with the prices established by these units, such as "Maderas Industrializadas de Quintana Roo". For over decades, natives would only witness the exploitation of their forests, without really enjoying any monetary benefits.

In 1983 the Forestry Pilot Plan (Plan Piloto Forestal PPF) derived from the international treaty between Mexico and Germany, which objectives of building prosperous societies were later on retaken under the Panama-Puebla Plan, nowadays the Mesoamerica project, comprising 9 mexican states among other countries like Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama y the Dominican Republic.

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This morning we followed up the composting and splitting residuals project started by Emiliano from @Movida_Maya, sharing with the students one of the many ways to help preserve these forests and the biodiversity contained in them.

References:

- Cultivar el territorio Maya; conocimiento y organización social en el uso de la selva, book by Eduardo Bello Baltazar Erin I. Estrada Lugo.

- https://www.gob.mx/semarnat/articulos/bosques-tropicales-ecosistemas-con-gran-riqueza-de-especies

- http://www.proyectomesoamerica.org/

- https://selvamaya.info/en/mayan-rainforest/the-selva/

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