Local forest governance helps jaguars and forests flourish in Guatemala

Nota completa: Local forest governance helps jaguars and forests flourish in Guatemala

• Thirteen communities with concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve are working with Guatemala’s protected areas authorities to conserve the forests and wildlife on their lands.
• Community members use drones, camera traps, phone apps and satellite data analysis to track changes in the ecosystem and the movements of species.
• Their involvement has helped conserve the local jaguar population by drastically reducing forest loss in the central zone of the reserve.
• Further north, on the border with Mexico, jaguars are under threat from drug trafficking, illegal ranching and hunting, timber and wildlife trafficking, and illegal encroachments to build new villages.

Nota escrita por: Monica Pelliccia

Fixer y fotografías: Jessica Guifarro