Renuevan oposición en Guatemala a la propuesta de ley presentada en Estados Unidos por el arqueólogo Richard D. Hansen
Flores, Guatemala - Maya Biosphere Watch reconoce que la propuesta de ley S.3131 introducida en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos por los senadores Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Tom Udall (D-Nuevo México), Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
JUNGLE THEME PARK THREATENS CONSERVATION EFFORTS
Deep in the jungle of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in northern Guatemala, controversy is growing over a plan to build a Disney-like Maya theme park. It’s promoter, an American archaeologist, says it will be the salvation of the region, preventing deforestation, drug trafficking and halting migration to the U.S.
Leonardo DiCaprio supports the people of Petén and the Maya Biosphere Reserve
Leonardo DiCaprio, an American actor, producer, and environmentalist, shared two photos on his personal Instagram account in support of forest concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve. “In the first photo,” DiCaprio explains, “community-managed forest
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