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Is Palm Sunday a Rainforest Killer?

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For years, Latin Americans were stripping the landscape bare to sell palm leaves to US florists and churches, until an eco-friendly Guatemala program turned things around.

Jay Wexler
Jay Wexler
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Jay Wexler

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