Report: Forest Fires in the Maya Biosphere Reserve
There was chaos in the department of Peten between the March 16 and 21, 2003. A thick smoke cloud, mostly ...
Shifting Agriculturalists Cause Forest Fires in Guacharo Cave National Park, Venezuela
Both the state director of Inparques (the national parks institute of Venezuela) in Monagas State, Marisela Rascaball, and the mayor ...
Parkswatch-Venezuela in World Parks Congress
The World Parks Congress (WPC) is the most important forum in the world for formulating protected areas policies and procedures. ...
ParksWatch Mexico and ParksWatch Guatemala: Statement on the Selva Maya
Community of Frontera Corozal, Chiapas, Mexico - ParksWatch-Guatemala and ParksWatch-Mexico joined forces during August to carry out a joint evaluation ...
Forest Fire in El Avila National Park leaves Caracas without Electricity
On March 5, a forest fire on the southern slope of Avila National Park caused a blackout for more than ...
Forest Fires in Venezuelan National Parks Destroy more than 600 hectares of Vegetation
Since the beginning of the dry season, there has been a 150% increase in the number of forest fires around ...
New Protected Area Established in Perú: The Cordillera de Huayhuash Reserve Zone
On December 24, 2002, through Ministerial Resolution 1173-2002-AG, the Peruvian government created a new protected area: the Cordillera de Huayhuash ...
Guatemala: Yaxchá, Nakum, Naranjo Natural Monument Continues to be Threatened by Invasions
December 19, 2002 thirty invadors originating from the town of Poptún, which is in southern Petén, settled illegally in a place called ...