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Inga Alley

Mike Hands, Inga Foundation | Lindsay Leyden, University of Exeter

07-Mar-14 14:00

Inga Alley

Contributing more carbon emissions than global transportation, slash-and-burn farming is one of the greatest forces in rainforest destruction. Mike Hands is a tropical ecologist from England, who has developed a sustainable agricultural system known as Inga Alley Cropping, which he, together with research assistant Lindsay Leyden, join us to discuss.


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