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The forest from a bird’s-eye view: Monitoringflight over the project area in northern Guatemala

At the end of February the project “Lacandón – Forests for Life” got the possibility to make an overflight over the Sierra del Lacandón national park. These flights are conducted on a regular basis and serve the monitoring and controlling of the park. It was possible to get a good overview of the state of the forest cover and the location of the communities that live in the project area.

Signing of an agreement to reduce the deforestation in the Department Petén

On February 22, 2013 the National Council of Protected Areas (Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, CONAP), the Foundation Defensores de la Naturaleza (FDN) and the Foundation OroVerde signed an agreement with the objective to develop a cooperation-platform between FDN and CONAP. This platform strengthens the implementation of the project „Lacandón - Forests for Life" that aims to reduce the defor…

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