Building in Nicaragua - Is Cutting Mangroves Ever Sustainable?

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Channel: Holly Beck · 2011 · People & Blogs

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Our goal in building has been to use local labor, building techniques, and materials in order to create a relatively environmentally friendly and sustainable cabana. We are mostly trusting in our main man Orlando for advice on how to do this. When looking to find the guys who were cutting the wood that would be used to hold the palm on the roof, we realized they were cutting mangrove plants which concerned us. Press play for more...

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