Deforestation in Guatemala. Photo source: ©© Pati Gaitan
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The province of Izabal along Guatemala’s northeast Caribbean coast is one of the areas with the highest deforestation rates in the country, according to two government studies on forests, covering the 1991-2001 and 2006-2010 periods.
Forests in that province shrank from 373,000 hectares in the 1991-1993 period to just over 264,000 hectares in 2010…
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The Atlantic Forest is a shadow of its former self. Originally covering more than 386,000 sq. miles along Brazil’s coast, extending into eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. Today less than 7% of that cover remains, in the wake of centuries of forest clearing for agriculture and urban development, and fragmented by centuries of unsustainable use and logging.
Mangrove Reforestation In Belize
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