News Headline
Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2021-02-10
For three centuries communities of “flower-gatherers” have lived self-reliantly in the Serra do Espinhaço, a mountain range bordering Brazil’s Cerrado savanna on its east. Many are descended from former slaves, but they’ve mingled with Indigenous and descendants of Portuguese migrants.