Guatemala’s Sierra del Lacandón National Park has lost thousands of hectares of forest over the last two years, raising concerns among government officials and conservationists that the area ...

Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve is facing increased pressure from cattle ranching and farming at the same time that droughts threaten to spark an unprecedented wave of fires.

Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve's community-driven forest restoration, ... 2.1 million hectare green stain occupying 19% of Guatemalan territory – the size of El Salvador – went from 20% ...

An area deforested by ranchers in the San Jose Las Flores community, 300 kilometres north of Guatemala City Drug traffickers in Central America have been known to practise “narco-ranching”, in ...

A community-led conservation programme in Guatemala has halted and started to reverse two decades of deforestation in an area that was severely threatened by the land grabs of cattle ranchers and ...

Mayan forest concessions in Guatemala: ... Deforestation is virtually nil (0.4%) in forest concessions, whereas it is three times higher in the reserve core (36% of the MBR).

EAPS grad student uses earth science to combat deforestation and aid food sustainability in Guatemala 10-22-2013 EAPS graduate student Ian Pope (center) with Gebisa Ejeta (left), Purdue University ...