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From Chile: Honey to Save Species

Posted on October 06, 2008

A Chilean wine palm, one of the world's southernmost palm species and endemic to Chile, spills sweet sap as it is cut. It falls to the ground, where up to 800 litres of the sugary liquid are then extracted and boiled to concentrate the sugar, making 70kg of 'Miel de Palma', or palm honey. The indigenous peoples of Chile once extracted the sap while leaving the palms intact. But shortly after European conquistadores colonised the wild austral land, this destructive method of cutting the trees began. Although there have been improvements in management, the felling of palms for this purpose still...

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