Guatemalan Indian Men Working In Tree Nursery Editorial Image

Guatemala, department of Chiquimula, municipality Jocotan: Chorti Indian men in the mountains, highlands, grow trees as part of a reforestation project in their mountainous habitat, which is necessary since deforestation for firewood for cooking and as a building material for houses, there is a threat of erosion, drying out of the soil, earth, and landslides in the steep mountain slopes. During heavy rainfall due to climate change, the earth washed away. An Indian controls the development of the trees and another man is to irrigate the young trees with artificial water hose.