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% ...

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).

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 ...

The High Cost Of Inaction And Continued Deforestation . The World Bank has warned that deforestation could cause economic losses of $2.7 trillion a year by 2030, undermining carbon storage, crop ...

Why deforestation means less rain in tropical forests A new study finds deforestation reduces rainfall in tropical rainforests, which has grave consequences for agriculture, ...

Why deforestation matters. There are some 250 million people who live in forest and savannah areas and depend on them for subsistence and income—many of them among the world’s rural poor ...