Sentences with phrase «american rainforest trees»

Necklaces and some buttons were additionally crafted of ivory - like tagua nuts from South American rainforest trees, and bags were hand woven by a Mexican co-operative using «ixtle» cactus fibres.

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Rainforest Alliance President Nigel Sizer says waiting for an agreement that is «more favorable» to American interests is missing the forest for the trees.

There is precedent, he noted, pointing to largely successful efforts by NGOs to preserve South American rainforests by purchasing their development rights and allowing the native trees to stand.

Long ago, Central and South American rainforests were the only source of cacao trees.

The genus Myrciaria comprises about 70 species of tropical American trees and shrubs, most of them native to the Amazon rainforest.

Yerba mate is made from the naturally caffeinated and nourishing leaves of the celebrated South American rainforest holly tree (Ilex paraguariensis).