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15 June, 2006

Palmares: Madre Verde Reserve

 'Day of the Tree' Activity
Primary school students planting seedlings during a 'Day of the Tree' ceremony the group 
assisted with. Local schools planted trees as part of a reforestation project, 
and each participant became a godparent to a school's tree.


 
Visiting a Butterfly Garden
Gia and Valerie in the butterfly enclosure of the women's butterfly cooperative.


Butterfly Garden
Valerie and Miguel at a butterfly garden. This is the section where
butterfly pupae grow into caterpillars.



Carmen with a Blue Morpho Caterpillar
Carmen holding a Blue Morpho butterfly caterpillar during a visit to the
women's cooperative buttery farm.