US EditionHow Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize Plan to Protect 14 Million Acres of Mayan Forest
- Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize announced plans for the Great Mayan Jungle Biocultural Corridor, a nature reserve covering over 14 million acres across the three countries.
- The environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala highlighted the need for security and avoiding destructive projects in the area.
- A council of environmental authorities and an Indigenous advisory council will be created to prevent harmful developments.
- A committee formed by the three governments will outline a roadmap for the reserve's development over the next month, focusing on the Maya forest agenda.
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How Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of Mayan forest (World)
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won't be easy. The nature reserve announced last week and called the Great Mayan Jun...
Environmental authorities from Guatemala, Mexico and Belize announced the creation of the Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor, an initiative that will integrate 5.7 million hectares of shared ecosystems, with a clear objective: conservation, identity and the realization of tri-national challenges. The project seeks to preserve, care for and safeguard the rich and varied biodiversity of which constitutes the second largest rainforest in America,…
An initiative promoted by the Maya interdisciplinary group U Yich Lu’um is showing surprising results in the photographic documentation with cameras trapping the biodiversity of the Sanahcat mountain in the state of Yucatán. Through a collaborative effort with researchers from the Institute of Ecology, A.C. (INECOL) and the Institute of Ecology of UNAM, trap cameras were installed in the vicinity of the community ejido, capturing unprecedented i…
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