photo contest
First Place Granja Porcón
High in the Andes, right outside of Cajamarca, Peru, lies a village of entrepreneurs. The village is kept alive by two sources of income—the wildlife zoo and wood exports from 13 million hand-planted pine trees. Over 30 years ago, the mayor of the village came up with the idea to plant trees. Back then, the village was nothing but a few sheepherders and a dry, barren landscape. Today, Peruvians and foreigners travel from all over to visit the zoo (complete with baby panthers, condors, and other exotic animals) amidst the only Andean forest with perfectly aligned pine trees. —Michael Curry Phoenix, Arizona
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