The Threat of Illegal Logging and Poaching to Belize

Illegal logging in Belize

Great article here by Julie Collazo of the Latin Correspondent. And great pictures by famous photographer Tony Rath. We’ve been hearing a lot about illegal activities in the Chiquibul; from prospecting for gold to caging protected species and selling them to horrible amounts of illegal logging. Hopefully Belize will find a way to deal with this, as it seems to be raging out of control. (Lots of it is coming from across the Guatemalan border…)