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Alianza de Comunidades Chocho-Mixtecas

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Oaxaca's Eroded Desert Hills Rebuilt by Hand: 25,000 Hectares in 25 Years

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Villages in Mexico's most eroded highlands first dug trenches and terraces by communal labour to catch rain, and only then planted pines, turning gullied rock into woodland.

25khectaresLand restored by the alliance over about 25 years, per the Government of Oaxaca
2,000hectaresRestored by the community of Coixtlahuaca since about 2000
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