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![The Rural Corridors and Biodiversity Conservation project, financed by the GEF, is is showcasing the conservation of the melipona bees by combining the use of technology and scientific knowledge with ancestral wisdom to implement sustainable production practices. Photo: National Parks Administration of Argentina. Argentine honey bees](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/wb_argentina_honey_bees.jpeg?h=c673cd1c&itok=ej-aAfTc)
Innovative investments in nature: native honey from the Chaco forest of Argentina
In the Argentine Chaco forest, the indigenous and creole peoples of Pampa del Indio work together to produce honey from the "melipona bees," which are native stingless bees (Tetragonisca fiebrigi and Scaptotrigona jujuyensis). In a recent blog, we explain how this zone has become a sanctuary for…