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LITTLE CANDLE OF THE CHIHUAHUA DESERT.

This article describes a little known activity that occurs in North America’s largest arid zone, the Chihuahua Desert. It follows the harvest of an unspectacular plant, known as candelilla (little candle) by local people who live in this remote and inhospitable terrain, and its role in a multimillion pound global industry.

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