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A Forest Dies in Guatemala
Perera, V. | November 6, 1989 issue

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The article presents information on Guatemala. This past January President Vinicio Cerezo signed into law a Protected Areas proposal that converted close to 15 percent of Guatemala's territory into a system of fifty ecological parks and biosphere reserves. The law also creates National Council of Protected Areas to administer the parks and reserves. About a third of Petén's rain forest, or close to 2.5 million acres, is covered. Four Mayan archeological sites besides Tikal, Guatemala's first and best-known national park, have been added to Petén's protected reserves. Negotiations are under way to link other proposed reserves in the bordering Yucatan Peninsula and in Belize to form a three-nation Maya Peace Park.

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NATIONAL parks & reserves; CEREZO Arevalo, Vinicio; PRESIDENTS; BIOSPHERE reserves; RAIN forests; NATURAL areas; GUATEMALA
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