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Progress on The 5 Great Forests of Mesoamerica

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Progress on The 5 Great Forests of Mesoamerica
(December 20, 2021)   -   The 5 Great Forests of Mesoamerica, made up of La Selva Maya in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize; La Moskitia in Nicaragua and Honduras; Indio Maíz-Tortuguero in Nicaragua and Costa Rica; La Amistad in Costa Rica and Panama; and El Darién in Panama and Colombia, are currently threatened mainly by deforestation promoted by illegal cattle ranching and industrial agriculture. From 2000 to 2015, more than 30% of forest cover has been lost in the Honduran Moskitia. 

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