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Mexico, Guatemala and Belize to create tri-national nature reserve to protect Mayan jungle

The tri-national reserve covers 5.7 million hectares and aims to protect nearly 7,000 species while addressing environmental damage from the Maya Train expansion, officials said.

  • Following a trilateral meeting, Mexico, Guatemala and Belize formalized a conservation agreement covering 5.7 million hectares of the Mayan rainforest.
  • Environmental groups like Mexico-based collective Selvame have sharply criticized the train for ecological damage in recent years, sparking legal battles.
  • Arévalo emphasized that the Maya Train extension must not encroach on protected ecosystems, and they reviewed a looping alternative to avoid direct impacts on jungle areas.
  • To reinforce their commitment, the countries designated August 15 as the ‘Day of the Great Maya Forest’ starting in 2026 and created the Merit for Conservation of the Great Maya Forest award.
  • Debates around the Maya Train involve the corridor, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and emphasize that success will depend on monitoring, enforcement, and community involvement.
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Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico.- The governments of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize pledged to protect the 5.7 million hectares of the Maya Forest that extends across the three countries. During the signing ceremony of the agreement, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that this natural area is the second largest lung in the continent after the Amazon. "We are talking about 0.6 million hectares in the case of Belize, 2.7 million hectares in the case o…

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Mexico, Guatemala and Belize to create tri-national nature reserve to protect Mayan jungle

The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize say they will create a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest.

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The governments of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize pledged to protect 5.7 million hectares of the Maya Forest. Entry Mexico, Guatemala and Belize create biocultural corridor of the Great Maya Jungle was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.

President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the creation of the Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor with Guatemala and Belize, which constitutes the most important natural reserve in America after the Amazon. From Calakmul, Campeche, the president met with her counterpart from Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, and Belize’s Prime Minister, John Briceño, to give the announcement, as well as to sign trilateral agreements. “We find ourselves with a historic o…

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