Selva Maya
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Fossil fuel consumption and logging, mainly caused by the expansion of agricultural activities and forest fires, trigger climate change and biodiversity loss.
For the fourth time, on August 4, the National Day of Calakmul was celebrated, a site recognized by UNESCO as Mixed Cultural and Natural World Heritage, unique in Mexico in this category.
The Selva Maya can be positioned and empowered through the creation of regional communication channels that denote the relevance of the Mesoamerican Lung and provide acurate information to improve decision making and sensitize the population about the urgency of political influence to promote the conservation of the environment.
From the beginning of March until the end of the 2019 fire season, CONAP’s Monitoring and Evaluation Center (CEMEC) – Petén, publishes a weekly report on hot spots / fires.
As of 2012, the Selva Maya/GIZ Program, in alliance with the Association of Forest Communities of Petén (ACOFOP), has been involved in strengthening the value chain of the Ramón (Brosimum alicastrum) seed, with the Value Links Methodology.
The Selva Maya, the second largest tropical rainforest in the Americas is shrinking by 30,000 hectares every year. In the last few months, rangers of this region have been using special software for monitoring more quickly illegal logging.
Living in the Selva Maya usually means cutting down the trees to make way for farming. At least it did — until now. A voluntary conservation project shows that you can live off the rainforest without destroying it.
It is a pleasure to share with you the bulletin We Are Selva Maya, a new means of information dissemination from this magnificent region called the Selva Maya. In this first edition, you will find recent news, a descriptive note on the Sello Colectivo Calakmul initiative and links to the […]