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Pink Oyster Mushrooms

Peruvian Amunas

Amunas, a word of Quechua origin from Peru that means “to retain,” are a pre-Hispanic system of artificially recharging aquifers through the planting and harvesting of water, which is still implemented by some Andean peasant communities in the aforementioned country, between the Puna and Quechua zones.

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