We live in a great environment, co-existing with all kinds of plants and animals.
Unlike his neighbours, Luis and his family live in a big house with modern conveniences, like a TV and a computer. And he can chop down the odd tree, without spoiling the farm’s balance. And once a year, there’s the valuable cocoa crop the basis of chocolate to take in. It supplies more than enough produce to feed his family, but Luis also grows some crops to sell as high-value organic produce. Now, 10 years later, Luis’s farm is thriving. Copying the way the forest grows, he planted crops amongst the trees. Instead of planting a new crop, Luis let the surrounding forest grow onto his land naturally. Some places had no vegetation at all, which is very rare in the tropics. When the chance came, he bought a farm on the edge of the forest, knowing it would be a challenge. Formerly a forester in Costa Rica, Luis Rodriguez wanted to experiment with farming in the rainforest. In the Talamanca region of Costa Rica, people are trying to farm in a sustainable and profitable way. But this brings in a small return and large-scale tourism would risk destroying the very environment people have come to see. Small groups pay for guides to show them the wonders of this tropical paradise. One way is by turning the forests into a tourist attraction. And the local people are finding ways to earn a living from the trees without cutting them down. But now, most of the remaining Costa Rican rainforest has been turned into national parks, protecting it against further exploitation. Until recently, it led the world in deforestation. On the other side of the Pacific from Kalimantan lies Costa Rica.
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