Challenges and Solutions

 

The Challenge

Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate: in the last 22 years, three have been reduced by almost one-quarter in size. Illegal cattle ranching is responsible for more than 90% of recent deforestation. Poverty, drug trafficking, organized crime, and the impacts of climate change exacerbate the threats to Mesoamerica’s 5 Great Forests.

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The Solution

This initiative seeks to turn the tide. Our 2030 goals are to:

  • Protect 10 million hectares of forest
  • Recover and restore 500,000 hectares of forest that has been illegally claimed or cleared
  • Stamp out illegal cattle ranching
  • 0 extinctions of species
  • Improved human well-being, especially for indigenous peoples and forest communities

 

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