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230,000 Acres of Tropical Rainforest Protected as Biodiversity Hotspot For Jaguars in Belize Belize jaguar, USFWS Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could form a coalition to conserve one of the world’s last remaining pristine rainforests? Now that dream is a reality, with more than a dozen organizations coming together to protect 236,000 acres of land that represents an irreplaceable linchpin in the conservation of the largest remaining tropical forests in the Americas, outside the Amazo...

The Maya Forest is the second-largest continuous rainforest in Latin America after the Amazon. And like so many other tropical forests around the world, it’s disappearing. Since 2000, the forest has shrunk by 15%. The good news is that there’s still a lot of forest left: the Maya Forest spans 35 million hectares of land sprawling across Belize, Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico. However, the size of the forest also makes it difficult for any one government agency or NGO to protect. It’s hard to overstate how important forests are. They’re a critical part of mitigating climate change,...

Partnering to Preserve Belize Maya Forest 236,000 acres of imperiled tropical rainforest now protected, boosting climate efforts and securing vital habitat for charismatic species including jaguar ARLINGTON, VA, April 22, 2021 — Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could form a coalition to conserve one of the world’s last remaining pristine rainforests? Today, that dream is a reality with more than a dozen organizations coming together to protect 236,000 acres of land that repres...

‘Teeming with biodiversity’: green groups buy Belize forest to protect it ‘in perpetuity’ Graeme Green “These logs are historic,” says Elma Kay, standing in Belize Maya Forest, where she has been doing an inventory of felled trees. “These are the last logs that were cut here, for mahogany and other hardwoods, left behind by the previous logging company.” Trees will no longer be cut down in this 950 sq km (236,000-acre) area, after the land was bought by a coalition of conservation organisations to save one of the world’s last pristine rainforests from defores...

Conservation organisations purchase 950 sq km biodiversity hotspot, helping to secure a vital wildlife corridor