deforestation

Guatemala Opts Out of Oil Extraction in Favor of Protecting Jaguars and Macaws in Mayan Biosphere

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Security forces arrive at the Xan Oil Field – credit, Gobierno de Guatemala Guatemala has opted out of renewing a lease agreement on a 7,000-acre oil field in order to use the land for better protection of the surrounding Laguna del Tigre Biosphere Reserve. An 830,000-acre component of the greater Mayan Biosphere Reserve which allows … Read more

Their Husbands Were Killed by Tigers. Now These Women Are Restoring the Big Cat’s Threatened Habitat

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Mangrove planting in the Sundarbans – credit, I-Behind-the-Ink, supplied to CNN They are called “swami khejos,” translated to “Husband Eaters.” In reality, it’s just a superstition, as it was the tigers of the Sundarbans forest that ate these husbands, not the women. This unique region of eastern India/western Bangladesh contains the world’s largest mangrove forest, … Read more