The situation
Throughout history, traditional subsistence farmers have been the true experts in understanding their native land, and creating abundance in a harmonious relationship. The situation has changed since the age of agro-business and the consequential migrations of rural populations.
Monocultures of pine and eucalyptus
replaced integrative farming and native broadleaf forest
Depopulation of rural areas
leading to poor land management
Abandoned farms
covered in broom and bramble
Unused wells
silted up
Fire risk
every summer
Soil erosion
after fire destruction