A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot

Mongabay
Jul 22, 2024, 3:29 pm165 pts
Mongabay reported in 2023 that thousands of hectares of forest were felled, likely for cattle ranching and airstrips for drug trafficking. Since then, the situation appears to have grown worse. Preliminary satellite data collected by Global Forest Watch show deforestation is pushing westward into the park, an…

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