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The Maya Forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest that covers much of the Yucatan Peninsula, thereby encompassing Belize, northern Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico.It is deemed the second largest tropical rainforest in the Americas, after the Amazon, with an area of circa 15 million hectares (150,000 km 2), of which at least 3 million (30,000 km 2) lie within protected areas.
The dense Maya forest covers northern Petén and Belize, most of Quintana Roo, southern Campeche, and a portion of the south of Yucatán state. Farther north, the ...
Exploring Solutions Past: the Maya Forest Alliance was founded in 2000 [1] and is based in Santa Barbara, California. [2] The organization’s president, Anabel Ford is known for discovering the ancient Maya site of El Pilar, where Exploring Solutions Past focuses its work.
Review: Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization by Arthur Demarest. Latin American Antiquity 18 (2): 223–225 JSTOR 25063107 doi:10.2307/25063107; Anna C. L. Pineda (2016). Review: Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of a Rainforest Civilization Hukay: Journal for Archaeological Research in Asia and the Pacific 9: 109–110
The Maya Region is firmly bounded to the north, east, and southwest by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean, respectively. [1] [2] It is less firmly bounded to the west and southeast by 'zones of cultural interaction and transition between Maya and non-Maya peoples.' [3] [2] The western transition between Maya and non-Maya peoples roughly corresponds to the Isthmus of ...
When visiting a hospital, you expect a certain level of care, a listening ear, and hopefully, a solution for whatever brought you in. But in some cases, the medical staff falls short.
Ecosystems in Maya Biosphere Reserve face numerous threats from human activities, including illegal logging, farming, and ranching in protected areas, as well as drug trafficking, poaching, and looting of Maya artifacts. The forest area of the Reserve has shrunk by 13 percent over the last 21 years according to the non-profit organization ...
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