The native tribes here stay in the Amazon, but I think they were traditionally hunters and gatherers, so any agriculture they get involved with is likely copying the style of methods they've seen others do already.
Soil rehabilitation is possible, but really tough. I've seen in sandy soils in Cambodia, with one strong rain, all the compost and organics get pushed through the sand and disappear, so it would take many years here to rehabilitate the land, and we are only migrants wanting to leave, so I doubt we will help with this problem. I've tried Caribbean life, North American life and even Latin American living, but ultimately the western way of life is just not for us.
I've heard of Terra Preta, but unused potential is the name of the game in Suriname. Too many want to go to Miami, Amsterdam, Curacao, and Aruba, so there is a lot of brain drain. Although there isn't a cocaine use problem here, many locals have told me a lot of the easy wealth here comes from helping Latin American countries ship cocaine from Suriname, so I think there are few incentives to work that hard.
Luckily the Cubans and Haitians keep things moving here, but the Venezuelans left a long time ago. I haven't seen one in at least half a year, so that speaks to the level of problems here. !ENGAGE 100
Aha, that makes sense: smuggling, easy wealth. Well, at least it's good to hear that it doesn't come with the cocaine use problem, or worse, with the territorial battles of those who are engaged in it.
As for land rehabilitation, maybe the native hunter-gatherers got it all figured out: instead of growing human made landscapes, let the forest take over, accumulate all the nutrients above ground, and well... hunt and gather them.
Thank you for all this interesting insight into one of the places I had virtually no idea about.