July 29, 2006
Oil conflicts in Sierra del Lacandon

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After the recent departure of the head of CONAP, other environmental leaders in Guatemala are protesting the government plan to extract oil from the buffer zone of the Sierra del Lacandon Park.

The photo above is Pozo Xan, where I landed with the Kaibiles after the visit to the narco landing strip this spring. It's an oil center in the nearby Laguna del Tigre Biosphere Reserve, whose access roads increased invasions and forest destruction.

PrensaLibre.com - Petróleo en área protegida

Posted by Dave at July 29, 2006 08:24 PM