In the Chihuahuan Desert, rural harvesters submerge wild shrubs in boiling acid vats to extract high-melting vegetable wax. Further south in Michoacán, resin tappers slice native pine bark to funnel fragrant oleoresin. Along the southern border, Mayan chicleros scale 30-meter trees to tap raw latex for organic gum manufacturers. Non-timber forest products in Mexico (productos […]