Key Ideas Mark Hillsdon wrote recently, in Mongabay, about initiatives bringing ancient Maya knowledge to bear on the contemporary challenges facing Guatemalan farmers in ensuring sustainable practices. The writer looks at the history of agrochemical use in Guatemala and how… Read More ›
Mark Hillsdon
Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend on it. Mark Hillsdon writes in The Guardian as part… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 