Amazon Interactive
Coffee and Conservation
You chosethe maximum income strategy:
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Map of your 15 hectare plot of land
You earned $390! That's less than it would have been in previous years,due to a drop in coffee prices, but enough for your family to live on.
You've still got four hectares of primary forest left, but you're beginningto realize that, at this rate, you'll soon run out of it. In a few years,you'll have to plant all your crops in secondary forest--or find anotherline of work besides farming. Some people in your Quichua community aretalking about ecotourism. Instead of farming more land, the communitycan earn money by bringing in tourists and teaching them about the Quichuaway of life. Do you think the community should considerecotourism? Or would you like to start over withyour cash crops?
